'Stressed out of my box': Employee experience of lean working and occupational ill-health in clerical work in the UK public sector

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 747-767

  Carter, Bob ^a   Danford, Andy ^b   Howcroft, Debra ^c   Richardson, Helen ^d   Smith, Andrew ^e   Taylor, Phil ^f  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clerical work; gender; HMRC; lean; occupational health and safety; public sector; stress; white collar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885450538     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017012469064     Document Type: Article

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