The adoption of high-involvement practices and processes in emergent and developing firms: A descriptive and prescriptive approach

Human Resource Management

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-356

  Ciavarella, Mark A ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842682062     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.10094     Document Type: Article

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