Determinants of manufacturing productivity: Pilot study on labor-intensive industries

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 567-582

  Islam, Shahidul ^a   Shazali, S T Syed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Costs; Labour; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing productivity; Manufacturing systems; R D knowledge; Research and development; Skills; Working conditions; Working environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961050080     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410401111150751     Document Type: Article

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