Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
Volume 53, Issue 11, Pages 3260-3275Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2014.975852
Keywords
lean production; high-performance work practices; information sharing; human resource management; participation in decision-making; compensation
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- Universitat Politecnica de Valencia [PAID-06-12-SP20120717)]
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This research aims to empirically test the effect of employee involvement on lean manufacturing (LM), and the effect of LM on production outcomes. Employee involvement is operationalised through four related variables: empowerment, training, contingent remuneration and communication. The effects are tested by recording management perceptions in a different industrial sector from those usually studied in previous research - ceramic manufacturers, a highly competitive and internationally successful sector. We obtained data from 101 ceramic tile plants (64% of response rate) in the Valencia region of Spain. This approach is developed using a statistical method called partial least squares. All paths are significant except for contingent remuneration; specifically, relationships were found between empowerment, training, communication and LM, and between LM and performance.
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