Toward less division of labor? New production concepts in the automotive, chemical, clothing, and machine tool industries

Human Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-93

  Huys, Rik ^a   Sels, Luc ^b   Van Hootegem, Geert ^a   Bundervoet, Jan ^b   Henderickx, Erik ^c  

^a Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c University Center of Antwerp   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Job enlargement enrichment; New production concepts; Organizational change; Organizational surveys; Post Fordism debate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041169382     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016972400222     Document Type: Article

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