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Work Organisation

Attitude, aptitude, ability and autonomy: the emergence of ‘offroaders’, a special class of nomadic worker

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Pages 439-451 | Received 11 Dec 2009, Accepted 08 Apr 2010, Published online: 15 Jul 2010

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