Christopher Huxley
Biographic Data
| ID | 209907 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Huxley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Huxley |
| SIGNATURE | HUXLEY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trent University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Three Decades of Lean Production: Practice, Ideology, and Resistance
Employers have been implementing lean production outside of Japan for more than 30 years. During this time, the concept has found application in work environments far removed from its origins in the automobile industry. This article analyzes the long-term impact of lean production on the organization of work. I distinguish between the innovations of lean production and the ideological claims made by its exponents. Drawing on research in the Unite…
Just Another Car Factory: Lean Production and Its Discontents
Just Another Car Factory? Lean Production and Its Discontents
Just Another Car Factory? Lean Production and Its Discontents
Team Toyota: Transplanting the Toyota Culture to the Camry Plant in Kentucky
Team Concept and Kaizen: Japanese Production Management in a Unionized Canadian Auto Plant
This paper provides some half-time reflections on a longitudinal case study of a unionized Japanese-American automobile factory based in Ingersoll, Ontario
Unionization and Labour Regimes in Canada and the United States: Considerations for Comparative Research
Three principal features distinguish the contemporary state of research in industrial relations. First, the unsettlement of fixed categories in the theoretical study of state and society turns the attention of political theorists towards this politically charged domain of dynamic order. Second, recent developments within the domain itself challenge the principal approaches whose competition has governed the discipline. Third, the elaboration of t…
Organization, Class and Control
Council Communism
Power and the Powerless
The State, Collective Bargaining and the Shape of Strikes in Canada
This paper examines the role of the state in order to explain the distinctive pattern of Canadian strike activity, particularly the long duration of stoppages. Two interrelated aspects of state intervention in collective bargaining are considered: direct regulation involving restrictions on use of the strike; and enactments designed to legitimate the role of the state. Both types of policy are shown to have influenced the shape of strikes. It is …
The State, Collective Bargaining and the Shape of Strikes in Canada
This paper examines the role of the state in order to explain the distinctive pattern of Canadian strike activity, particularly the long duration of stoppages. Two interrelated aspects of state intervention in collective bargaining are considered: direct regulation involving restrictions on use of the strike; and enactments designed to legitimate the role of the state. Both types of policy are shown to have influenced the shape of strikes. It is …
Team Concept and Kaizen: Japanese Production Management in a Unionized Canadian Auto Plant
This paper provides some half-time reflections on a longitudinal case study of a unionized Japanese-American automobile factory based in Ingersoll, Ontario
Three Decades of Lean Production: Practice, Ideology, and Resistance
Employers have been implementing lean production outside of Japan for more than 30 years. During this time, the concept has found application in work environments far removed from its origins in the automobile industry. This article analyzes the long-term impact of lean production on the organization of work. I distinguish between the innovations of lean production and the ideological claims made by its exponents. Drawing on research in the Unite…
Unionization and Labour Regimes in Canada and the United States: Considerations for Comparative Research
Three principal features distinguish the contemporary state of research in industrial relations. First, the unsettlement of fixed categories in the theoretical study of state and society turns the attention of political theorists towards this politically charged domain of dynamic order. Second, recent developments within the domain itself challenge the principal approaches whose competition has governed the discipline. Third, the elaboration of t…
The State, Collective Bargaining and the Shape of Strikes in Canada
This paper examines the role of the state in order to explain the distinctive pattern of Canadian strike activity, particularly the long duration of stoppages. Two interrelated aspects of state intervention in collective bargaining are considered: direct regulation involving restrictions on use of the strike; and enactments designed to legitimate the role of the state. Both types of policy are shown to have influenced the shape of strikes. It is …
Power and the Powerless
Organization, Class and Control
Council Communism
Unionization and Labour Regimes in Canada and the United States: Considerations for Comparative Research
Three principal features distinguish the contemporary state of research in industrial relations. First, the unsettlement of fixed categories in the theoretical study of state and society turns the attention of political theorists towards this politically charged domain of dynamic order. Second, recent developments within the domain itself challenge the principal approaches whose competition has governed the discipline. Third, the elaboration of t…
Team Concept and Kaizen: Japanese Production Management in a Unionized Canadian Auto Plant
This paper provides some half-time reflections on a longitudinal case study of a unionized Japanese-American automobile factory based in Ingersoll, Ontario
Just Another Car Factory? Lean Production and Its Discontents
Just Another Car Factory? Lean Production and Its Discontents
Team Toyota: Transplanting the Toyota Culture to the Camry Plant in Kentucky
Just Another Car Factory: Lean Production and Its Discontents
Three Decades of Lean Production: Practice, Ideology, and Resistance
Employers have been implementing lean production outside of Japan for more than 30 years. During this time, the concept has found application in work environments far removed from its origins in the automobile industry. This article analyzes the long-term impact of lean production on the organization of work. I distinguish between the innovations of lean production and the ideological claims made by its exponents. Drawing on research in the Unite…
Economics (8 works) · Business (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Lean manufacturing (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (4 works) · Microeconomics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Production (economics (4 works) · Quality and Supply Management (4 works)