Everyday learning in a public sector workplace: The embodiment of managerial discourses

Management Learning

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 275-289

  Harman, Kerry ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; embodiment; power; worker identities; workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862638138     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507611427232     Document Type: Article

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