Shop-floor workers' responses to quality management initiatives: Broadening the disciplined worker thesis

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 727-745

  Glover, Linda ^a,c   Noon, Mike ^b,d  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disciplined worker thesis; Employee experiences; Employee responses; Human resource management; Orientations to work; Quality management; Shop floor workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844467955     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017005058056     Document Type: Review

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