Industrial relations and the diffusion of teamworking Survey evidence from the UK steel industry

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 911-931

  Bacon, Nicolas ^a   Blyton, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co operation; Conflict; Industrial relations; Steel industry; Teamworking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034422195     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570010332944     Document Type: Article

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