The role of workers' trust and perceived benefits in lean implementation success

International Journal of Business Excellence

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 463-484

  Nahm, Abraham Y ^a   Lauver, Kristy J ^a   Keyes, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Lean implementation success; Lean training; Perceived benefits; Perceived job security; Structural equation modelling; Survey research; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865985992     PISSN: 17560047     EISSN: 17560055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2012.048798     Document Type: Article

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