The changing roles of production and operations managers in Britain from the 1970s to the 1990s

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 409-423

  Burcher, Peter G ^a   Lee, Gloria L ^b   Sohal, Amrik S ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Careers; Job satisfaction; Operations management; Production management

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042539286     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570410524668     Document Type: Review

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