Effects of participation in decision making on performance and employee attitudes: A quality circles meta-analysis

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-153

  Pereira, Gloria M ^a   Osburn, H G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Job performance; Meta analysis; Participation in decision making; Quality circles

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548971180     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-007-9055-8     Document Type: Article

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