The adoption of high-involvement work practices

Industrial Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 423-455

  Pil, Frits K ^a   Macduffie, John Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000360258     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.1996.tb00414.x     Document Type: Article

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