Reworking postfordism: Labor process versus employment relations

Sociology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-286

  Vidal, Matt ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959554465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00366.x     Document Type: Review

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