“Worky tickets”: Exploring dissent at work

Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages 14-25

  Smith, Andrew ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Employee behaviour; Organizational culture; Partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993028320     PISSN: 11766093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/11766090910940638     Document Type: Article

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