Multi-skilling, delegation and continuous process improvement: A comparative analysis of US-Japanese work organizations

Economica

Volumn 72, Issue 285, 2005, Pages 69-93

  Morita, Hodaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SKILLED LABOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14644394249     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0427.2005.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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