The roles of worker expertise, information sharing quality, and psychological safety in manufacturing process innovation: An intellectual capital perspective

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 556-570

  Lee, Jung Young ^a   Swink, Morgan ^b,c   Pandejpong, Temyos ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

intellectual capital; manufacturing process innovation; project management; psychological safety; worker expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960116216     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2010.01172.x     Document Type: Review

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