Inside contracting at the Waltham Watch Company: Reassessing the economic rationalist and labour process perspectives

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 61-78

  Fleischman, Richard K ^a   Tyson, Thomas ^b  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84986043569     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513579610121992     Document Type: Article

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