Embodied Work, Divided Labour: Subjectivity and the Scientific Management of the Body in Frederick W. Taylor's 1907 Lecture on Management'

Body & Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-68

  Bahnisch, Mark ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84992828090     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X00006001004     Document Type: Article

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