Knowledge work or working knowledge? Ambiguity and confusion in the analysis of the “knowledge age”

Employee Relations

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-50

  Collins, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986172319     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459710163570     Document Type: Article

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