Bringing business into sociotechnical theory and practice

Human Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-345

  Adler, Niclas ^a   Docherty, Peter ^b,c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Dynamic effectiveness; Organizational learning; Sociotechnical business systems (STBS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039657129     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679805100306     Document Type: Article

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