Relevance conventions and problem boundaries in work redesign teams

Information Technology & People

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 61-80

  Wynn, Eleanor ^a   Novick, David G ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BPR; Communications; Cross functional integration; Participation; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249107626     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593849610121606     Document Type: Article

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