Human factors: Spanning the gap between OM and HRM

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 923-950

  Neumann, W Patrick ^a   Dul, Jan ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Economic sustainability; Human capital; Operations management; Personal health; Production planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955823103     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571011075056     Document Type: Article

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