Bureaucracy versus high performance: Work reorganization in the 1990s

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1825-1845

  Yang, Song ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; High performance; Work reorganization; Work system indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849095788     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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