Toyotism and Brahminism: Employee relations difficulties in establishing lean manufacturing in India

Employee Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 200-221

  Mathew, Saji K ^a   Jones, Robert ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brahminism; Employees attitudes; Employees relations; India; Lean manufacturing; Lean production; Toyota; Toyota production system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870625411     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425451311287871     Document Type: Article

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