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Barriers to the development of teamworking in UK firms
Author(s) -
Scarbrough Harry,
Kinnie Nicholas
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00264
Subject(s) - business , supply chain , industrial organization , supply chain management , operations management , marketing , economics
This paper is based on an empirical study of barriers to the adoption of teamworking in seven UK firms, including small manufacturing units, pharmaceutical organisations and telephone call centres. Such barriers arise from the tension between the ‘microcultures’ of teamworking at firm level and the logistical pressures of the supply chain. Successful adoption is seen as depending on management's ability to embed teamworking practices in the development of supply chain relationships.