Ergonomics, employee involvement, and the Toyota Production System: A case study of NUMMI's 1993 model introduction

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 416-437

  Adler, Paul S ^b   Goldoftas, Barbara ^b   Levine, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0001753919     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399705000303     Document Type: Article

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