Abigail Schoneboom (abigail.schoneboom@york.ac.uk) is a Lecturer in Organisational Theory and Behaviour at The York Management School, University of York. Until the end of 2010, she was Assistant Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York (CUNY). Her research interests include workplace misbehaviour, working time and organisational culture, with a particular emphasis on technological development and ecological concerns.
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Sleeping giants? Fired workbloggers and labour organisation
Article first published online: 25 FEB 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2010.00254.x
© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Schoneboom, A. (2011), Sleeping giants? Fired workbloggers and labour organisation. New Technology, Work and Employment, 26: 17–28. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2010.00254.x
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- Issue published online: 25 FEB 2011
- Article first published online: 25 FEB 2011
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