From complex organizations with simple jobs to simple organizations with complex jobs

Human Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 497-534

  De Sitter, L Ulbo ^a   Den Hertog, J Friso ^b   Dankbaar, Ben ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Nijmegen Business School   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Organization design; Participation; Sociotechnical systems design; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000450174     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679705000503     Document Type: Article

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