The Quality of Working Life in Western and Eastern EuropeKaren Morris Muriello, Cary L. Cooper, Enid Mumford There has been increasing concern during the last decade to improve the quality of working life in Europe. Many industries are seeking to improve both working conditions and job satisfaction for their employees. The Quality of Working Life examines the issues raised by quality-of-working-life experiments, explores pioneer work done in Europe, and highlights specific developments in both Western and Eastern European countries. |
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the role | 18 |
European trades unions and the quality | 38 |
Manufacturing system design in Europe | 44 |
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| Title | The Quality of Working Life in Western and Eastern Europe Issue 25 of Contributions in economics and economic history, ISSN 0084-9235 |
| Editors | Karen Morris Muriello, Cary L. Cooper, Enid Mumford |
| Publisher | Greenwood Press, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 6, 2010 |
| ISBN | 031320957X, 9780313209574 |
| Length | 348 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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