Cycles of production: From assembly lines to cells to assembly lines in the Volvo Cab Plant

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 111-124

  Wallace, Terry ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; WORKER POLICING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UMEA; VASTERBOTTEN;

EID: 48549092825     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2008.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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