Implementing labor flexibility: A missing link between acquired labor flexibility and plant performance

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 98-108

  Sawhney, Rajeev ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HRM practices; Labor flexibility; Overtime; Partial least squares (PLS); Plant performance

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

HRM-PRACTICES; LABOR FLEXIBILITY; OVERTIME; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; PLANT PERFORMANCE;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84885955505     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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