New technology and changing organisational forms: Implications for managerial control and skills

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 186-203

  Grimshaw, Damian ^a   Cooke, Fang Lee ^a   Grugulis, Irena ^b   Vincent, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SKILLED LABOR; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 0036863918     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-005X.00104     Document Type: Article

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