Characteristics of work organization in lean production and sociotechnical systems: A case study

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 77-90

  Niepce, Willem ^a   Molleman, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automotive components industry; Employees; Lean production; Motivation; Sociotechnical theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002770547     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579610109857     Document Type: Article

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