Re-constituting Work: Trends Towards Knowledge Work and Info-normative Control

Work Employment & Society

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 773-796

  Frenkel, Steve ^a   Korczynski, Marek ^b   Donoghue, Leigh ^b   Shire, Karen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Knowledge Worker Research Project ^*  (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84965663697     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095001709594008     Document Type: Article

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