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The effects of integrated manufacturing on job characteristics
Author(s) -
BayoMoriones Alberto,
BelloPintado Alejandro,
MerinoDíazdeCerio Javier
Publication year - 2010
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.2009.00239.x
Subject(s) - job rotation , job design , manufacturing sector , variety (cybernetics) , autonomy , business , job attitude , sample (material) , empirical research , manufacturing , job satisfaction , job performance , labour economics , computer science , psychology , marketing , economics , mathematics , social psychology , chemistry , statistics , chromatography , artificial intelligence , political science , law
From a sample of 203 Spanish plants in all manufacturing sectors empirical results show that integrated manufacturing (IM) has a positive effect on job variety, job autonomy and job interdependence for production workers. It is also found that IM is associated with greater job complexity, this effect being mainly mediated by the three abovementioned job characteristics.