Practicing Japanese-style Management in the United States: A Study of Japanese-owned Factories in New England |
Contents
AMERICAN AND JAPANESE MANAGERS | 25 |
COMPARISON OF MANAGERIAL PRACTICES BY JAPANESE MANAGERS | 87 |
JUSTINTIME PRODUCTION METHOD AND KEIRETSU | 107 |
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36 years old American employees American managers behavior buyout corporations decision-making dependent variables difference between means England firms factory firms in Japan firms is significant focus group four firms implement improved industry intrinsic job rewards investment Japanese acquisition Japanese companies Japanese firms Japanese managers Japanese workers Japanese-owned Japanese-style JIT method JIT system job autonomy job rotation job satisfaction job security kaizen kanban keiretsu labor layoffs machine manager at Northeast manager at TSP managerial practices managers at Transmech manufacturing Matsuda Mean SD nemawashi non-members Northeast Cable one-way ANOVA organization organizational commitment parent company parent firms plant positive problem processes production promotion quality assurance programs quality control questionnaire respondents Sakura Electric scale seniority-based small group activities Statistical Process Control strongly agree supervisor suppliers survey Table task characteristics teamwork things Total Quality Management U.S. and Japan U.S. subsidiaries variables welfare corporatism welfare corporatist Whitehill worker participation