Integrating human resource management into lean production and their impact on organizational performance

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 923-938

  Bonavia, Tomas ^a   Marin Garcia, Juan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Contingent remuneration; Employee turnover; Human resource management; Internal promotion; Job security; Spain; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755157764     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437721111181679     Document Type: Article

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