Do implementation processes and rationales matter? The case of workplace reforms

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 679-704

  Godard, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 0039846323     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00154     Document Type: Article

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