Teams and control on the job: Insights from the Australian metal and engineering best practice case studies

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 397-417

  Buchanan, John ^a   Hall, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84992806956     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1472-9296.00056     Document Type: Article

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