Managers, Workers, and Authority

In this paper, I examine the case made by Christopher McMahon for managerial democracy. Specifically, I examine the extent to which McMahon’s account is able to address a series of objections against the case for managerial democracy as articulated by Thomas Christiano. Christiano articulates two se...

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Main Author: Hsieh, Nien-hê (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2007
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 71, Issue: 4, Pages: 347-357
Further subjects:B Authority
B managerial democracy
B McMahon
B Christiano
B Liberalism
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