Surf's up: Work, life, balance and brand in a new age capitalist organization

Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-413

  Land, Chris ^a   Taylor, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Branding; Identity; New Age capitalism; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953859266     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038510362479     Document Type: Article

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