Labour flexibility and innovation, complementary or concurrent strategies? A review of the literature

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 653-666

  De Spiegelaere, Stan ^a   Van Gyes, Guy ^a   Van Hootegem, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Employee driven innovation; flexibility; flexible labour; innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906100230     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X13492831     Document Type: Article

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