Frederick W. Taylor's 1899 pig iron observations: Examining fact, fiction, and lessons for the new millennium

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1283-1291

  Wrege, Charles D ^a   Hodgetts, Richard M ^a  

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EID: 0034550150     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1556350     Document Type: Article

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