Teamwork in the Automobile Industry pp 395-411 | Cite as
Group Working at Volkswagen: An Issue for Negotiation between Trade Unions and Management
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Translator’s note: In the British motor industry the terms’ supervisor’ and ‘foreman’ are used interchangeably. In this text the French word maitrise and the German Meister have been translated, variously, as ‘supervision’, ‘supervisory staff’ and ‘supervisors’.
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Trade Union Automobile Industry Employee Relation Body Plant Employee Involvement
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