The adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies: human resource management implications

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 288-298

  Siegel, Donald S ^a   Waldman, David A ^b   Youngdahl, William E ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^b Garvin School of International Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technology; Downsizing; Employee empowerment; Employee recomposition; Human resource strategy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES (AMT); HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031209251     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.618170     Document Type: Article

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