Engineers, management and work organization: A comparative analysis of engineers' work roles in British and Japanese electronics firms

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-212

  Lam, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030098359     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1996.tb00157.x     Document Type: Article

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