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Work practice barriers to flexible manufacturing in the US and the UK
Author(s) -
Conti Robert
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.1992.tb00016.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , industrial relations , manufacturing engineering , business , engineering , management , mechanical engineering , economics
Work practice barriers to flexible manufacturing are studied in the British and American unionized engineering industries and a comparison made of the influence of the industrial relations systems on the potential for overcoming these barriers.