On the Interface between Operations and Human Resources Management

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-202

  Boudreau, John ^a   Hopp, Wallace ^b   McClain, John O ^a   Joseph Thomas, L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral Science; Cross Training; Low Inventory; Motivation; Multidisciplinary; Scheduling; Turnover; Work Design; Worker Attitude; Worker Performance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SCHEDULING; TURNAROUND TIME; WAGES;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (OM); WORKER ATTITUDE;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0346318408     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.5.3.179.16032     Document Type: Article

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