Lean Work: Empowerment and Exploitation in the Global Auto Industry
- ISBN-10
- 0814325351
- ISBN-13
- 9780814325353
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Author
- Steve Babson
Description
Examines the controversial Japanese model of lean production and its impact on work and workers in the global auto industry.
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