Diaries, Dunnies and Discipline: Resistance and Accommodation to Monitoring in Call Centres

Labour and Industry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 127-137

  Barnes, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 85045159603     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2004.10669298     Document Type: Article

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