Modelling teams and workgroups in manufacturing

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 215-230

  Buzacott, John A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assembly lines; Individual differences; Projects; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043167183     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ANOR.0000012282.98374.00     Document Type: Article

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