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“All I want to do is get that check and get drunk”: Testifying to resistance in Charles Bukowski's Factotum

Carl Rhodes

Journal of Organizational Change Management, Volume: 22, Issue: 4, Pages: 386 - 401

Swansea University Author: Carl Rhodes

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DOI (Published version): 10.1108/09534810910967161

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Published in: Journal of Organizational Change Management
ISSN: 0953-4814
Published: 2009
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