Employee participation systems in Spain. Past, present and future

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-24

  García Lorenzo, Antonio ^a   Carlos Prado, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

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EID: 0037595595     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360309704     Document Type: Article

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