Compulsive Working, 'Hyperprofessionality' and the Unseen Pleasures of Academic Work

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-154

  Gornall, Lynne ^a   Salisbury, Jane ^b  

^a Working Lives Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859786003     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2012.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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