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.

Published in 1992.

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