‘Engineering Humour’: Masculinity, Joking and Conflict in Shop-floor Relations

Organization Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 181-199

  Collinson, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84973209036     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084068800900203     Document Type: Article

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