Co-operation at work: A process-oriented perspective on joint activity in inter-organizational relations

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 983-997

  Wehner, Theo ^a   Clases, Christoph ^a   Bachmann, Reinhard ^a  

^a Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Co operation; Co ordination; Intra organizational relations; Joint activity; Multidisciplinary theoretical perspective; Unexpected events

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COOPERATION; GERMANY; GROUP DYNAMICS; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RESEARCH; THEORY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033940386     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401300409161     Document Type: Article

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