Group initiative and self-organizational activities in industrial work groups

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-377

  Brav, Agneta ^a   Andersson, Kin ^a   Lantz, Annika ^b  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Group initiative; Group processes; Job design; Self organizational activities; Work groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951669245     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320801960482     Document Type: Article

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