Work design issues in lean production from a sociotechnical systems perspective: Neo-taylorism or the next step in sociotechnical design?

Human Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-287

  Niepce, Willem ^a   Molleman, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human resources; Lean production; Sociotechnical systems; Work design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039756649     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679805100304     Document Type: Article

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