Strategies to foster labor flexibility

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 532-547

  Karuppan, Corinne M ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Labour; Operations management; Skills flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993073539     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400410556192     Document Type: Article

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