The consumption of work: representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university

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The consumption of work: representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university

This paper focuses on representations of the nexus of work, meaning and consumption as experienced by university students. We develop an empirically based argument that the meaning of work is being constructed as an object of consumption on a British university campus. We suggest that this indicates...

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Main Authors:	Chertkovskaya, Ekaterina, Korczynski, Marek, Taylor, Scott
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage 2017
Subjects:	Consumption Work Meaning Employer branding University
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46478/

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