Labour productivity change: Drivers, business impact and macroeconomic moderators

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 215-223

  Demeter, Krisztina ^a   Chikán, Attila ^a   Matyusz, Zsolt ^a  

^a Operációkutatás és Aktuáriustudományok Tanszék docense   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Business performance; Industry; Labour productivity; National context

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS IMPACT; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL SURVEY; LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS; MODERATING EFFECT; NATIONAL CONTEXT; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; WORKING PRACTICES;

INDUSTRY;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 79952620635     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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