Trusting me, trusting you? the ethics of employee empowerment

Personnel Review

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 13-25

  Claydon, Tim ^a   Doyle, Mike ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030510473     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483489610148509     Document Type: Article

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