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Sociological Research on Service Sector Small Businesses: Some Conceptual Considerations

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  • Roger Burrows

    (Department of Sociology University of Surrey GUILDFORD GU2 5XH)

  • James Curran

    (Small Business Research Unit School of Business Kingston Polytechnic KINGSTON upon THAMES KT2 7LB)

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  • Roger Burrows & James Curran, 1989. "Sociological Research on Service Sector Small Businesses: Some Conceptual Considerations," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 3(4), pages 527-539, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:3:y:1989:i:4:p:527-539
    DOI: 10.1177/0950017089003004007
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    1. D. J. Storey & S. Johnson, 1987. "Job Generation and Labour Market Change," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-349-18850-5.
    2. Bernard Casey & Stephen Creigh, 1988. "Self-Employment in Great Britain: Its Definition in the Labour Force Survey, in Tax and Social Security Law and in Labour Law," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 2(3), pages 381-391, September.
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    6. Oliver Mallett & Robert Wapshott, 2017. "Small business revivalism: employment relations in small and medium-sized enterprises," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 31(4), pages 721-728, August.

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