“Front-end reflections”: Supervisory systems in the UK's Japanese transplants and in “Japanized” companies

Employee Relations

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-270

  Morris, Jonathan ^a   Lowe, James ^a   Wilkinson, Barry ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986160657     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459810228324     Document Type: Review

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