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| Author: | Finegold, D. Wagner, K. |
| Title: | The search for flexibility: skills and workplace innovation in the German pulp industry |
| Journal: | British Journal of Industrial Relations
1998 : SEP, VOL. 36:3, p. 469-487 |
| Index terms: | INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS GERMANY INNOVATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The German skill-creation system has been a vital part of the success of its "diversified quality production" model. Some argue that this success is now threatened by the spread of lean production and that the existing skill-creation system may hinder, rather than help, German manufacturers to restructure. The authors explore this argument in a detailed study of a nationally representative sample of German pumpmakers. They find that the existence of a highly skilled work-force may deter the adoption of multifunctional work teams, but that countervailing strengths of the German skill-creation system have the potential to help firms develop a new, distinctive German production model. |
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