By Author: Lisa Jordan
Lean Production and the Discourse of Dissent: Radicalizing the Shopfloor at Mitsubishi Motors
In the spring of 1989, Chrysler and Mitsubishi Motors entered into a joint venture to build cars in Bloomington‐Normal, Illinois. A dozen years after “lean production” and “employee teams” were introduced, this paper revisits the initial expectations of workers. Through an employee survey it assesses how employee attitudes, shop‐floor behavior, and language have coalesced to … Read more
From High Hopes to Disillusionment: The Evolution of Worker Attitudes at Mitsubishi Motors
In the spring of 1989, Chrysler and Mitsubishi Motors entered a joint venture to build automobiles in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Production and maintenance workers at the joint venture Diamond Star plant approached their jobs with great anticipation. Not only did these jobs offer significantly higher wages than most had made previously, they came with promises of … Read more