From disposable to empowered: Rearticulating labor in Sri Lankan apparel factories

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2628-2645

  Goger, Annelies ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparel; Articulation; Global value chains; Lean manufacturing; Sri Lanka; Upgrading

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPOWERMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR RELATIONS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 84888417363     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a45694     Document Type: Article

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