Self-managed work teams and manufacturing strategies: cultural influences in the search for team effectiveness and competitive advantage

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-34

  Rafferty, James ^a   Tapsell, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONNEL; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

CULTURAL INFLUENCES; HOFSTEDE MODEL; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 0035560475     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6564(200124)11:1<19::AID-HFM2>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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