This paper analyses the relationship between employee turnover, timebased manufacturing practices, manufacturing performance and manufacturing efficiency. Consistent with theory, the results show that employee turnover is negatively associated to the implementation of some practices, and also to manufacturing efficiency. These results are discussed within the context of sustainable manufacturin...

Executive Overview Despite extensive scholarly research and organizational interest in employee turnover, there remains a gap between science and practice in this area. This article bridges this gap and replaces several misconceptions about turnover with guidelines for evidence-based retention management strategies focused on shared understanding of turnover, knowledge of cause-and-effect relat...

This work examines the aggregation of justice perceptions to the departmental level and the business-unit level, the impact of these aggregate perceptions on business-unit-level outcomes, and the usefulness of the distinction between procedural and interpersonal justice at different levels of analysis. Latent variables analyses of individual-level and department-level data from 4,539 employees ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the feasibility of implementing evaluation methods for a worksite tobacco control intervention for teens. Indicators of feasibility included employment stability, response rates to multiple surveys, and self reported 30 day smoking. DESIGN Grocery stores that were part of a single chain were randomised to four intervention stores and five control stores as part of the S...

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In today’s competitive world, manufacturers have realized that they need to embrace automation as their mantra to success. However, the impact of automation primarily concerns with the effectiveness of process monitoring and control systems. There is a need for a closed loop supervisory system, which integrates and coordinates individual process modules for real-time adjustment, conflict resolu...