Shadow factories, shallow skills? An analysis of work organization in the aircraft industry in the second world war

Labor History

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-216

  Littlea, Stephen E ^a   Griecob, Margaret ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959245271     PISSN: 0023656X     EISSN: 14699702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0023656X.2011.571476     Document Type: Article

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