'It's all hands-on, even for management': Managerial work in the UK cafe sector

Human Relations

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 465-488

  Lloyd, Caroline ^a   Payne, Jonathan ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autonomy; job quality; line managers; performance; service sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898677397     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726713496297     Document Type: Article

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