Societal effects meet sectoral effects: Work organization, competencies and payment systems in the Volvo Commercial Vehicle Division

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 714-735

  Wallace, Terry ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial vehicles; Comparative skill; Competence pay; Teamwork; Volvo

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346346379     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190050075088     Document Type: Article

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