The impact of country culture on the adoption of new forms of work organization

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-323

  Cagliano, Raffaella ^a   Caniato, Federico ^a   Golini, Ruggero ^b   Longoni, Annachiara ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Change management; National cultures; Operations management; Working practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951537945     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571111111937     Document Type: Article

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