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MANAGEMENT, TRANSIENCE AND SUBCONTRACTING: THE CASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE

1988; Wiley; Volume: 25; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1467-6486.1988.tb00049.x

1467-6486

Alan Beardsworth, E. T. Keil, Mike Bresnen, Alan Bryman,

Facilities and Workplace Management

Journal of Management StudiesVolume 25, Issue 6 p. 603-625 MANAGEMENT, TRANSIENCE AND SUBCONTRACTING: THE CASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE A. D. Beardsworth, Corresponding Author A. D. Beardsworth Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough UniversityA. D. Beardsworth, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK.Search for more papers by this authorE. T. Keil, E. T. Keil Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorM. Bresnen, M. Bresnen Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorA. Bryman, A. Bryman Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough UniversitySearch for more papers by this author A. D. Beardsworth, Corresponding Author A. D. Beardsworth Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough UniversityA. D. Beardsworth, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK.Search for more papers by this authorE. T. Keil, E. T. Keil Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorM. Bresnen, M. Bresnen Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough UniversitySearch for more papers by this authorA. Bryman, A. 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