Cross-utilization of a two-skilled workforce

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 555-564

  Brusco, Michael J ^a   Johns, Tony R ^b   Reed, John H ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees; Human resource management; Operations management; Planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543055888     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579810370116     Document Type: Article

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