Impact of Lean Production on Perceived Job Autonomy and Job Satisfaction: An Experimental Study

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 159-176

  Rodríguez, Denise ^a   Buyens, Dirk ^b,c   Van Landeghem, Hendrik ^c   Lasio, Virginia ^a  

^a ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Experiment; Human resource practices; Job autonomy; Job satisfaction; Lean production

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; JOB SATISFACTION;

HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES; JOB ATTITUDES; JOB AUTONOMY; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECT; SIMULATION GAMES;

LEAN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84960098595     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20620     Document Type: Article

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