Employee attitudes toward new technology in a unionized manufacturing plant

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-162

  Haddad, Carol J ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Control; Employee attitudes; Industrial relations; Manufacturing technology; Technology implementation; Technology management

Indexed keywords

CONTROL; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; MODERNIZATION; PERSONNEL;

AUTONOMY; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0030156083     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-4748(96)01001-6     Document Type: Article

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