Labor process theory: Putting the materialism back into the meaning of service work

Service Work: Critical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 91-112

  Warhurst, Chris ^a   Thompson, Paul ^a   Nickson, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203892268     Document Type: Chapter

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