Effective teamworking:Can functional flexibility act as an enhancing factor?an Australian case study

Team Performance Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 74-94

  Fraser, Kym ^a   Hvolby, Hans Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Australia; Flexible labour; Manufacturing systems; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861365080     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527591011028933     Document Type: Article

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