Teamwork and morality: Comparing lean production and sociotechnology

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-88

  Hummels, Harry ^a   De Leede, Jan ^a  

^a NYENRODE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Organization theory; Organizational development; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040790381     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006242516664     Document Type: Article

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