Warning: Flexibility can damage your organizational health!

Employee Relations

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 519-534

  Mayrhofer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

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EID: 84986170617     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459710193081     Document Type: Article

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