Bewitched, bothered and bewildered: The meaning and experience of teamworking for employees in an automobile company

Human Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1481-1517

  Knights, David ^a   McCabe, Darren ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038326140     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00187267005311004     Document Type: Article

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