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Labour and Industry
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Symposium: The Changing Boundaries of IR as a Field of Study

RETHINKING THE SOCIOLOGY OF WORK, WORKERS AND THE WORKPLACE

Pages 29-48 | Published online: 10 Apr 2013

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