Lean production and quality of working life on the shop floor: The experience of british and italian car workers

Flexibility at Work: Critical Developments in the International Automobile Industry

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 45-82

  Danford, Andy ^a   Richardson, Mike ^e   Pulignano, Valeria ^b,c   Stewart, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

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EID: 84996772801     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230581937     Document Type: Chapter

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