Participation as Precondition for Sustainable Success: Effective Workplace Improvement Procedures in Small-scale Sectors in Developing Countries

Contributions to Management Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 183-198

  Kogi, Kazutaka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE OF LABOUR   (Japan)

Author keywords

Industrial Health; International Labour Organization; Practicable Improvement; Sustainable Success; Technical Session

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876061711     PISSN: 14311941     EISSN: 2197716X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2046-1_12     Document Type: Chapter

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