How to create a successful workplace: The co-workers' opinion of 'Sweden's best workplace'

International Journal of Management Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-367

  Wreder, Åsa ^a   Klefsjö, Bengt ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Commitment; Employee involvement; Health; Leadership; Management; Methodologies; TQM; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248233128     PISSN: 14779064     EISSN: 17418143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMP.2007.012750     Document Type: Article

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