A bit of a laugh: Nurses’ use of humour as a mode of resistance

Questioning the New Public Management

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 177-183

  Bolton, Sharon C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315245454-12     Document Type: Chapter

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