Team membership and experiences of work in the finnish context

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 552-588

  Niemelä, Jukka ^a   Kalliola, Satu ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Industrial relations; Stress; Teamwork; Utilization of skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349188238     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X07082196     Document Type: Article

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