Becoming empowered: Organization change in a telecom company

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1445-1462

  Styhre, Alexander ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Organization change; Telecom

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144282633     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519042000258020     Document Type: Article

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