Micro-macro linkages in high-performance employment systems

Organization Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 765-781

  Brown, Clair ^a   Reich, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Japanese management; Linkages; Macroeconomic context; Pay systems; Work organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039468192     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069701800503     Document Type: Article

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