When caring and surveillance technology meet: Organizational commitment and discretionary effort in home care work

Work and Occupations

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 404-432

  Brown, Kenneth ^a   Korczynski, Marek ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment; Discretionary effort; Home care work; Service triangle; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049260126     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888410373875     Document Type: Article

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