Getting personnel: Contesting and transcending the 'new labour economics'

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-131

  Spencer, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economic imperialism; heterodox economics; new labour economics; personnel economics; political economy of work; work; work organisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953662863     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017011401165     Document Type: Article

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