Purpose – This empirical paper seeks to address the neglected work condition aspect of lean production (LP) implementation, specifically the relationship between LP and worker job stress. Design/methodology/approach – The Karasek job stress model was used to link shopfloor practices to...

This paper is the second part of a multistage study designed to identify management beliefs and practices, skills, education, and patterns of behavior that appears to be associated with entrepreneurial success. The study assumes that successful entrepreneurs are characterized by certain traits...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to show how an integrated system serves as an information support tool to assists maintenance managers to analyze data and evaluate alternatives in order to make better decisions that maximize efficiency in transit operations....

Purpose – The paper aims to explore five lines of enquiry and action that mainly appeal to freedom and knowledge: developing forms of activity that put an emphasis on free commitment, such as NGOs, for example; fostering the building of creative knowledge‐based societies; designing a new...

Purpose – Advises bosses of firms large and small about how to prevent their talented staff leaving mid‐career now that employees are increasingly reluctant to work long hours. Design/methodology/approach – Discusses changing employee attitudes and how HR managers should react to these...