Participative versus assigned production standard setting in a repetitive industrial task: A strategy for improving worker productivity

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 417-430

  Das, Biman ^a   Shikdar, Ashraf A ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Assigned standard; Participative standard; Performance feedback; Repetitive industrial task; Worker productivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INTERVENTION STUDY; OCCUPATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TIME;

EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERVENTION STUDIES; OCCUPATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033256904     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.1999.11076429     Document Type: Article

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