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The ‘missing masses’ of resistance: an ethnographic understanding of a workplace dispute

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The ‘missing masses’ of resistance: an ethnographic understanding of a workplace dispute. / Knights, David; McCabe, Darren John.
In: British Journal of Management, Vol. 27, No. 3, 31.07.2016, p. 534-549.

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Knights, D & McCabe, DJ 2016, 'The ‘missing masses’ of resistance: an ethnographic understanding of a workplace dispute', British Journal of Management, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 534-549. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12170

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Knights, D., & McCabe, D. J. (2016). The ‘missing masses’ of resistance: an ethnographic understanding of a workplace dispute. British Journal of Management, 27(3), 534-549. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12170

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Knights D, McCabe DJ. The ‘missing masses’ of resistance: an ethnographic understanding of a workplace dispute. British Journal of Management. 2016 Jul 31;27(3):534-549. Epub 2016 May 18. doi: 10.1111/1467-8551.12170

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Knights, David ; McCabe, Darren John. / The ‘missing masses’ of resistance : an ethnographic understanding of a workplace dispute. In: British Journal of Management. 2016 ; Vol. 27, No. 3. pp. 534-549.

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