The view from the top: Senior executives' perceptions of changing management practices in UK companies

British Journal of Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-168

  Ezzamel, Mahmoud ^a   Lilley, Simon ^a   Willmott, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; De layering; Empowerment; Environment; Multi skilling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030493338     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.1996.tb00111.x     Document Type: Article

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