Employee ownership as catalyst of organizational change

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 331-344

  Bartkus, Barbara R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BPR; Employee share ownership plans; Organizational change; Participation; Sociotechnical theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642332554     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534819710175857     Document Type: Article

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