The adoption and diffusion of high-performance management: Lessons from Japanese multinationals in the West

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-286

  Doeringer, Peter B ^a   Lorenz, Edward ^a   Terkla, David G ^a  

^a Centre d'Etudes de l'Emploi   (France)

Author keywords

High performance work practices; Hybridisation; Industrial relations systems; Japanese transplants

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR RELATIONS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

FRANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037344808     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/27.2.265     Document Type: Article

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