Building coalitions in an era of technological change: Virtual manufacturing and the role of unions, employees and management

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-288

  Koch, Christian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Information technology; Scandinavia; Trade unions; Virtual companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034419745     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810010330922     Document Type: Article

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