Factors influencing employee perceptions in lean transformations

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-43

  Losonci, Dávid ^a   Demeter, Krisztina ^a   Jenei, István ^a  

^a Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Gender; Lean transformation; Work environment; Worker perceptions

Indexed keywords

DIRECT IMPACT; EMPLOYEE PERCEPTIONS; GENDER; LEAN TRANSFORMATION; PROCESS CHARACTERISTICS; REORGANISATION; SHOP FLOOR; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER PERCEPTIONS;

EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

PERSONNEL;

EID: 79952623005     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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