Organizing employment for high performance: Theories, evidence and policy

Organization Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 745-764

  Whitfield, Keith ^a   Poole, Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Flexibility; High performance; Human resource management; Teamworking; Work practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001795442     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069701800502     Document Type: Article

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