Functional flexibility and team performance

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1837-1858

  Molleman, E ^a   Slomp, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; WORK-REST SCHEDULES;

GOAL PROGRAMMING; TEAMWORK;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0032632662     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499191021     Document Type: Article

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