Measurement equivalence using generalizability theory: An examination of manufacturing flexibility dimensions

Decision Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 643-669

  Malhotra, Manoj K ^a   Sharma, Subhash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Empirical research methods; Generalizability theory; Manufacturing flexibility; Operations management

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649138129     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2008.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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