Autonomous work groups and the challenge of inter-group coordination

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 861-881

  Ingvaldsen, Jonas A ^a   Rolfsen, Monica ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

autonomous groups; case study; organization design; participative democracy; shared leadership; socio technical theory; team work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863213054     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712448203     Document Type: Article

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