Manufacturing knowledge: Technology, culture, and social inequality at work

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-369

  Vallas, Steven ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Skill; Technology; Total Quality Management; TQM; Work; Workplace automation; Workplace culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444455718     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089443939801600402     Document Type: Article

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