Successful maintenance practice through team autonomy

Employee Relations

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 306-321

  Rolfsen, Monica ^a   Langeland, Camilla ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lean production; Preventive maintenance; Team autonomy; Team working; Teamwork; Total productive maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860384802     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425451211217725     Document Type: Article

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