The search for the effect of types of HRM on organizational performance has tended to focus
on a universally applicable best practice model of high commitment management. It is …

The author discusses results from a 3 year quasi-experimental field study (N= 368), which
suggest negative effects on employee outcomes after the implementation of 3 lean …

This article explores the link between the organization of work and innovation by developing
national aggregate indicators for the EU member states of organizational forms and …

Purpose–To determine the degree of use of some of the most representative lean production
(LP) practices in the Spanish ceramic tile industry, their relationship with plant size and their …

There is an ongoing international debate over the way globalisation and intensified
international competition are leading to a restructuring of management practices in Europe …

" We are in the midst of rapid change in how firms organize themselves and their work.
There are numerous popular accounts of this evolution but few theoretically grounded and …

Purpose–The first goal of this research is to analyse the effects of lean production (LP) on
the policy of human resource management (HRM). The second is to determine whether or …

Work organization has deeply changed during the last decade, in particular with the
introduction of a new type of management production system in the industrial and service …

The key mechanisms and the decisive variables that appear to justify the comparative
advantage of lean companies deal with Human Resources (HR) issues. The purpose of this …

This paper empirically examines changes in the patterns of skills development for Indian
workers in domestic firms, particularly in small firms, in the 1990s, when its economy …