Workers’ orientation towards advanced manufacturing technology: a study of the Indian automobile industry

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2-4, 2001, Pages 304-318

  Gurtoo, Anjula ^a   Tripathy, Arabinda ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technologies; organisational issues; workers attitude towards technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954537420     PISSN: 14656612     EISSN: 17415160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhrdm.2001.001012     Document Type: Article

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