Self-organizing groups: Conditions and constraints in a sociotechnical perspective

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 301-318

  van der Zwaan, Ad H ^a   Molleman, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Learning; Production; Remuneration; Self managing teams; Sociotechnics; Task

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032347285     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437729810221986     Document Type: Article

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