Developing self-directed work teams

Management Decision

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-84

  Clifford, Gavin P ^a   Sohal, Amrik S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Autonomy; Implementation; Organizational restructuring; Teamwork; Work teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009953150     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749810204151     Document Type: Article

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