Some Social and Psychological Consequences of the Longwall Method of Coal-Getting

1951/02/01 by E. L. Trist, Eric Trist, K. W. Bamforth · 3,032 citations
Engineering · Psychology · #Applied psychology #Coal #Cognitive psychology #Engineering #Engineering and Environmental Studies #Geology #Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering #Mining and Gasification Technologies #Mining engineering #Psychology #Social psychology #Waste management

paper · doi:10.1177/001872675100400101

published in Human Relations 4(1), 3-38 (SAGE Publishing)

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