Between shock absorption and continuous improvement: Supervisors and technicians in fiat 'integrated factory'

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-243

  Bonazzi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 11544353528     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017098122002     Document Type: Article

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