Team-working, restructuring and skills in UK and Sweden

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-377

  Greenwood, Ian ^a   Randle, Hanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Steel and metal sectors; Team working; Workplace industrial relations; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348972071     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680107081750     Document Type: Article

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