Lean production, worker empowerment, and job satisfaction: A qualitative analysis and critique

Many argue that increased employee involvement in manufacturing is central to lean production. Increasing the responsibilities and abilities of front-line workers has been labeled empowerment. Such empowerment is said to increase job satisfaction. Yet, there is surprisingly little qualitative resear...

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Main Author: Matt Vidal
Format: Default Article
Published: 2007
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Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified
Sociology not elsewhere classified
Employee involvement
Fordism
High performance work organization
Job satisfaction
Labor process
Lean production
Taylorism
Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified
Sociology
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/27610
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