The moderation of lean manufacturing effectiveness by dimensions of national culture: Testing practice-culture congruence hypotheses

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 153, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Kull, Thomas J ^a   Yan, Tingting ^b   Liu, Zhongzhi ^a   Wacker, John G ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral operations; Global survey data; Hierarchical linear modeling; Lean manufacturing; National culture; Practice culture congruence

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

BEHAVIORAL OPERATIONS; HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELING; NATIONAL CULTURES; PRACTICE-CULTURE CONGRUENCE; SURVEY DATA;

LEAN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84900421130     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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