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Sabotage in the American workplace: anecdotes of dissatisfaction, mischief and revenge

Sabotage in The Office
Sabotage in The Office

A truly fantastic study of everyday employee resistance at work. First person accounts of sabotage, beautifully illustrated and intermingled with related news clippings, facts and quotes.

Submitted by Anonymous on July 21, 2017
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Published in 1992.

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Sabotage_in_the_American_Workplace.pdf (13.78 MB)
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