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ERIC Number: EJ651645
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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Employee Empowerment in Manufacturing: A Study of Organisations in the UK.
Psoinos, Anna; Smithson, Steve
New Technology, Work and Employment, v17 n2 p132-48 Jul 2002
Employee empowerment in the United Kingdom manufacturing industry (through total quality management, delayering, and business process reengineering) was examined in a survey of 103 companies. Success factors included a solid business rationale, organizational culture, and staff decision making power. Culture was also the most influential inhibitor. (Contains 62 references.) (JOW)
Descriptors: Employees, Empowerment, Foreign Countries, Manufacturing Industry, Tables (Data), Total Quality Management
Blackwell Publishers Journals, PO Box 805, 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1FH, United Kingdom.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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