Re-evaluating the finnish workplace development programme: Evidence from two projects in the municipal sector

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 485-524

  Payne, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job redesign; Productivity; Quality of working life; Skills; Workplace innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444248466     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X04047157     Document Type: Article

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