Lean production teams and health in garment manufacture
Abstract
The impact of lean production on psychological health was assessed by comparing lean production teams in garment manufacture with a traditional system for making similar garments. Work design characteristics were examined as mediators of the impact of work organization on health. Findings indicate both positive and negative direct effects of teamworking on aspects of autonomy, work demands, and social climate. In turn, both positive and negative direct effects of work design on psychological health were found, which combine to give no overall difference between the groups. This study suggests that the balance between positive and negative effects of lean production teamworking depends on management choices in the form of work design.
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Lean affects employees responsible for carrying out the work, as studies outside healthcare demonstrate.
“By transforming work structures and processes, Lean also affects the employees responsible for carrying out the work, as studies of Lean outside of healthcare demonstrate [32–36].”
From Lean Thinking in Emergency Departments: A Critical Review (2011) · cites this paper as [34]
Lean can bring about anxiety.
“Lean implementers and researchers should be aware that Lean can increase workload, threaten autonomy, and bring about anxiety.”
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Undesirable employee effects of Lean are well documented in the broader Lean literature.
“These undesirable employee effects are well documented in the broader Lean literature [32–39, 94–97] but may not show up in reports on Lean in health care either because of how Lean is implemented in health care or because studies in health care simply do not measure employee effects.”
From Lean Thinking in Emergency Departments: A Critical Review (2011) · cites this paper as [34]
Lean can increase workload.
“Lean implementers and researchers should be aware that Lean can increase workload, threaten autonomy, and bring about anxiety.”
From Lean Thinking in Emergency Departments: A Critical Review (2011) · cites this paper as [34]
Lean can threaten autonomy.
“Lean implementers and researchers should be aware that Lean can increase workload, threaten autonomy, and bring about anxiety.”
From Lean Thinking in Emergency Departments: A Critical Review (2011) · cites this paper as [34]
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- Authors
- Jackson, P. R., & Mullarkey, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Sheffield (GB)
- ORCID
- Jackson, Paul R.
- Venue
- Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
- Published
- 2000
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 231-245
- ISSN
- 1076-8998 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1307
- OpenAlex
- W2040991367
- Cited by
- 148
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 10.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Occupational Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Safety Management
- Keywords
- lean manufacturing, teamwork, mental health, job design, work organization, autonomy, job demands, social climate
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Cooperative Behavior, Employment, Female, Health Status, Humans, Industry, Male, Problem Solving, Surveys and Questionnaires
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