Partnership, high performance work systems and quality of working life

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 23, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 151-166

  Danford, Andy ^a   Richardson, Mike ^b   Stewart, Paul ^c   Tailby, Stephanie ^a   Upchurch, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UWE ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EMPLOYMENT; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 55149093674     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2008.00210.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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