How to increase work autonomy in workflow management systems?

Management Research News

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 652-665

  Vanderfeesten, Irene ^a   Reijers, Hajo A ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Job design; Management systems; Management techniques; Work flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031730     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1409170610712344     Document Type: Article

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