Table 1. Databases and search strings...

Table 1.

Databases and search strings for the literature review

Database	Keywords/search string
Web of Science	(TS=(lean AND SME* AND employee*) ) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
	(TI=(lean AND SME) AND AB=(employee) ) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
	(ALL=(lean AND SME* AND employee*) ) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
	(ALL=(lean AND small business AND employee*) ) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
	(TS=lean AND ALL=(SME* AND worker*) ) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
SpringerLink	lean AND SME AND employee
	lean AND SME AND worker
	lean (titled) AND small AND business AND worker
	lean (titled) AND small AND business AND employee
Science Direct	lean AND SME AND employee
	lean AND SME AND worker
	lean AND small business AND worker
	lean AND small business AND employee
Scopus–Elsevier	TITLE-ABS-KEY ( lean AND sme* AND employee* )
	TITLE-ABS-KEY( lean AND SME* and worker* )
	(TITLE(lean) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(small AND business AND employee)) AND DOCTYPE(ar OR cp)
	(TITLE(lean) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(small AND business AND worker)) AND DOCTYPE(ar OR cp)
Taylor and Francis	[All: lean] AND [All: sme] AND [All: employee] AND [Publication Title: lean]
	[All: lean] AND [All: sme] AND [All: worker] AND [Publication Title: lean]
	[Publication Title: lean] AND [All: small business] AND [All: worker]
	[Publication Title: lean] AND [All: small business] AND [All: employee]
Google Scholar	allintitle: lean employee OR SME
	allintitle: lean worker OR SME

Database	Keywords/search string
Web of Science	(TS=(lean AND SME* AND employee*) ) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
	(TI=(lean AND SME) AND AB=(employee) ) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
	(ALL=(lean AND SME* AND employee*) ) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
	(ALL=(lean AND small business AND employee*) ) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
	(TS=lean AND ALL=(SME* AND worker*) ) AND LANGUAGE: (English)
SpringerLink	lean AND SME AND employee
	lean AND SME AND worker
	lean (titled) AND small AND business AND worker
	lean (titled) AND small AND business AND employee
Science Direct	lean AND SME AND employee
	lean AND SME AND worker
	lean AND small business AND worker
	lean AND small business AND employee
Scopus–Elsevier	TITLE-ABS-KEY ( lean AND sme* AND employee* )
	TITLE-ABS-KEY( lean AND SME* and worker* )
	(TITLE(lean) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(small AND business AND employee)) AND DOCTYPE(ar OR cp)
	(TITLE(lean) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(small AND business AND worker)) AND DOCTYPE(ar OR cp)
Taylor and Francis	[All: lean] AND [All: sme] AND [All: employee] AND [Publication Title: lean]
	[All: lean] AND [All: sme] AND [All: worker] AND [Publication Title: lean]
	[Publication Title: lean] AND [All: small business] AND [All: worker]
	[Publication Title: lean] AND [All: small business] AND [All: employee]
Google Scholar	allintitle: lean employee OR SME
	allintitle: lean worker OR SME

Notes:

TS = topic, TI = title, ALL = all fields, Booleans (AND). Boolean “AND” signifies all words in the search must be included in all results, “OR” if only one word of the search is included in the results. TITLE-ABS-KEY signifies the search was limited to the papers' title, abstract and keywords. DOCTYPE signifies the document type (we included conference papers and scientific articles)

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