Participative management in Northern Mexico: A study of maquiladoras

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Felled, Lisa Hope ^a   Hill, Kenneth D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Latin america; Maquiladora; Mexico; Participative management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000576908     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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