The dynamics of employee involvement and participation during turbulent times

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 3336-3354

  Marchington, Mick ^a,c   Kynighou, Anastasia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

business strategy; change; employee involvement; global financial crisis; human resource management; participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863903227     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.689161     Document Type: Article

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