Sociotechnical systems and unions: Nicety or necessity

Human Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 585-604

  Cohen Rosenthal, Edward ^a  

^a and History   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor management cooperation; Organizational change; Political economy of participation; Sociotechnical systems; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007535774     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679705000506     Document Type: Article

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