Working culture: The agency and employment experiences of nonunionized workers in the surfboard industry

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2300-2316

  Warren, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural economy; Labor geographies; Precarious work; Surfboard manufacturing; Worker agency

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR RELATIONS; MANUFACTURING; WAGE; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALIA; CALIFORNIA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908287704     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a130330p     Document Type: Article

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