Changing job roles in the Norwegian and UK fitness industry: In search of national institutional effects

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-20

  Lloyd, Caroline ^a   Payne, Jonathan ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

job design; Norway; service sector; UK; work organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873931608     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017012460325     Document Type: Article

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