The reality of flexible work systems in Britain

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-138

  de Menezes, Lilian M ^a   Wood, Stephen ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; Flexible work systems; High involvement management; Human resource management; Latent variable analysis; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644803475     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500366599     Document Type: Article

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