'If we don't get back to where we were before': Working in the restructured non-profit social services

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 928-945

  Baines, Donna ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada Australia comparison; Labour process; Nonprofit; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953860243     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn176     Document Type: Article

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