consuming process. Long standing suspicions, prejudicies, and attitudes, new fears engendered by the program itself. Suspicions were primarily in the labor camp. Union members were suspicious of any organizational change supported by management, because they assumed that any such program would be characterized by unstated objectives related to downgrading the status of the union, and exploiting labor greater output for the same or less compensation. Pre judices were strongest in the management camp, where the con cept of managerial prerogatives was strongly ingrained. Any program, such as QWL, was viewed by a substantial segment of management as a means of st
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