Management control as an employee resource: The case of front-line service workers

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 601-622

  Rosenthal, Patrice ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2942652953     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2004.00446.x     Document Type: Review

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