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<journal-id>2448-7678</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Investigación administrativa]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Investig. adm.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2448-7678</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Comercio y Administración]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2448-76782007000200031</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Management and development of a work force: The challenge of sustainability]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garcia Rivera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Blanca Rosa]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lew Cox]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[John]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vázquez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Xóchitl]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Baja California  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of West Florida  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Baja California  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>36</volume>
<numero>100</numero>
<fpage>31</fpage>
<lpage>39</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2448-76782007000200031&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2448-76782007000200031&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2448-76782007000200031&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This paper looks at an Small Medium.size Enterprise (SME) in Mexico, a maquiladora site whose work force possesses most of the typical characteristics noted in them. The plant in the study is an assembly plant for medical devices; thus, the incentive to achieve a high level of quality in the output is intense- Yet, the plant's work force has an annual turnover rate that is over one hundred percent, and works under all the burdens (marital, education, gender). Under these conditions, attempting to sustain a successful company to aid in the building of an economy is a difficult task. Based on an intensive study of the workers and their personal attributes, this paper looks at the issues, both visible and hidden, in the management and development of such a work force, discusses the impact on the operation of the company, and makes suggestions for improvement of the workerS lot; thus, the company; thus, the country' s economy.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Este articulo centra su estudio en una empresa PyME (Pequeña y Mediana Empresa) en México, una maquiladora cuya fuerza laboral posee las típicas características que las caracterizan. La planta en estudio, es una empresa ensambladora de artículos médicos; luego entonces, el incentivo para lograr un alto nivel de calidad en la producción es intenso. Sin embargo, la fuerza laboral de la planta manifiesta un alto índice de rotación, el cual es casi del cien por ciento anual a consecuencia de las cargas (maritales, educacionales, de género). Bajo estas condiciones, el intento por mantener a una compañía exitosa que sustente la economía es una cuestión realmente complicada. Basado en un intensivo estudio aplicado a los trabajadores y sus atributos personales, este articulo muestra los asuntos visibles y ocultos en el manejo y desarrollo de cómo una fuerza laboral se debate el impacto en la operación de la compañía, haciendo sugerencias de mejora en el lote de empleados, así como en la compañía, y, en la economía nacional.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Job turnover]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ensenada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Model of Employee Turnover]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[maquiladora industry (foreign assemblyplant industry outside the U.S.A.)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Rotación laboral]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ensenada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Modelo de Rotación de personal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[industria maquiladora (planta extranjera de ensamblaje fuera de los Estados Unidos de América)]]></kwd>
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