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The fearful and anxious professional: partner experiences of working in the financialised professional services firm

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The fearful and anxious professional: partner experiences of working in the financialised professional services firm. / Allan, Scott; Faulconbridge, James Robert; Thomas, Peter.
In: Work, Employment and Society, Vol. 33, No. 1, 02.2019, p. 112-130.

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Harvard

Allan, S, Faulconbridge, JR & Thomas, P 2019, 'The fearful and anxious professional: partner experiences of working in the financialised professional services firm', Work, Employment and Society, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 112-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017018793348

APA

Allan, S., Faulconbridge, J. R., & Thomas, P. (2019). The fearful and anxious professional: partner experiences of working in the financialised professional services firm. Work, Employment and Society, 33(1), 112-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017018793348

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Allan S, Faulconbridge JR, Thomas P. The fearful and anxious professional: partner experiences of working in the financialised professional services firm. Work, Employment and Society. 2019 Feb;33(1):112-130. Epub 2018 Sept 24. doi: 10.1177/0950017018793348

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Allan, Scott ; Faulconbridge, James Robert ; Thomas, Peter. / The fearful and anxious professional : partner experiences of working in the financialised professional services firm. In: Work, Employment and Society. 2019 ; Vol. 33, No. 1. pp. 112-130.

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