Ageing workforce management in manufacturing systems: state of the art and future research agenda

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 729-747

  Calzavara, Martina ^a   Battini, Daria ^a   Bogataj, David ^a   Sgarbossa, Fabio ^a,b   Zennaro, Ilenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

ageing workforce; collaborative technologies; ergonomics; human resource management; Industry 4.0

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRY 4.0; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

AGEING WORKFORCE; ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION; COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; DESIGN AND INTEGRATIONS; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85064930046     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2019.1600759     Document Type: Article

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