LINKING KEY SUCCESS FACTORS AND EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES TO PERFORMANCE OF CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

The performance of cellular manufacturing (CM) systems has been rigorously investigated during the last two decades, but the extent of empirical research on CM is limited. The major objective of this study is to examine the relationship between critical success factors (infrastructure, organizational immersion, autonomous management. team-oriented organizational structure, and labor union), employee attitudes toward implementation. and performance of CM systems. Results from the analyses of the sample companies provide partial support for a positive relationship between key success factors and performance. The results also show that differences exist in performance of organizations grouped by the degree of employees' attitudes.