The determinants of employee-involvement schemes: Private sector Australian evidence

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-291

  Brown, Michelle ^a   Geddes, Lori A ^b   Heywood, John S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous groups; Employee involvement; Joint consultative committees; Quality circles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250007931     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X07076118     Document Type: Article

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