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  9. For another interesting discussion of the role of exit, see: Hirschman, Albert O. Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations and States (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970).

  10. Ciulla, Joanne B., The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work (New York: Crown Business Books, 2000).

  11. Ibid. 120.

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Ciulla, J.B. Review of Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk About It) by Elizabeth Anderson. J Bus Ethics 156, 289–292 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04127-6

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