Employee empowerment in manufacturing: A study of organisations in the UK

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 132-148

  Psoinos, Anna ^a   Smithson, Steve ^b  

^a Datamedia SA Information Systems   (Greece)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; MANUFACTURING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; WORKING CONDITIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036074775     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-005X.00099     Document Type: Article

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