Never employable enough: The (im)possibility of satisfying the boss's desire

Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-149

  Cremin, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disidentification; Employability; Jouissance; Surplus value

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649304162     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508409341112     Document Type: Article

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