U.S. high-performance work practices at century's end

Industrial Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 547-578

  Blasi, Joseph R ^a   Kruse, Douglas L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748714120     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2006.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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