What works at work: Overview and assessment

Industrial Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-333

  Ichniowski, Casey ^a   Kochan, Thomas A ^b   Levine, David ^c   Olson, Craig ^d   Strauss, George ^e  

^a Columbia University ^*

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e University of California

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EID: 5544299990     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.1996.tb00409.x     Document Type: Review

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