Born to fail? Empowerment, ambiguity and set overlap

Personnel Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 208-221

  Collins, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Management; Motor industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033448552     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483489910264598     Document Type: Article

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