'monday will never be the same again': The transformation of employment and work in a public-private partnership

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-110

  Smith, Andrew ^a  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

civil service; insourcing; modernization; multi tier workforce; offshoring; outsourcing; privatization; public private partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863180729     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017011426319     Document Type: Article

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