The ignored question of workplace democracy in political discourse

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1388-1403

  Wisman, Jon D ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Democracy; Employees

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745678108     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068299710193895     Document Type: Review

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