Teamwork aspects of fixed-price and cost-plus contracts in “bespoke” engineering companies

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-14

  Mossadeghian Golestani, Manoucher ^a   Van Zwanenberg, Nigel ^b  

^a Rolls Royce Industrial Power Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engineering; Group working; Management; Teamwork; Work organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986155788     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683949610109354     Document Type: Article

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