The American Workplace
Skills, Pay, and Employment Involvement
Published on 13. November 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-0-521-08997-5 (ISBN)
Description
Many managers are frustrated by a bewildering array of advice about what works in the workplace. This volume contributes to a growing consensus about effective workplace practices. The collection combines detailed studies of single industries (automobile assembly, apparel, and machine tools) with cross-industry studies of financial performance. Compared to most past investigations, the research here has better measures of both workplace practices and organizational performance. The contributors find that systems of innovative human resource management practices can have large effects on business performance. Success does not come from any single innovation, but from a coherent system encompassing pay, training, and employee involvement. Although a majority of contemporary US businesses now have adopted some innovative work practices, only a small percentage of businesses have adopted a coherent new system. A concluding chapter outlines barriers to diffusion and discusses public policies to remove barriers and enhance dissemination of effective management.
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"...the issues raised in the text have wide bearing on society. The current volume certainly qualifies as being interesting to read...the book is academically solid, interesting, and timely." Personnel PsychologyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
64 Tables, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
438 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-08997-5 (9780521089975)
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Additional editions
Casey Ichniowski | David I. Levine | Craig Olson
The American Workplace
Skills, Pay, and Employment Involvement
E-Book
05/2009
1st Edition
Cambridge University Press
€29.49
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Persons
Content
Preface; 1. What works at work: overview and assessment Casey Ichniowski, Thomas A. Kochan, David I. Levine, Craig Olson and George Strauss; 2. Diffusion and performance of modular production in the US apparel industry John T. Dunlop and David Weil; 3. The performance effects of modular production in the apparel industry Peter Berg, Eileen Applebaum, Thomas Bailey and Arne L. Kalleberg; 4. Participative bureaucracy and productivity in the machine products sector Maryellen R. Kelley; 5. Methodological issues in cross-sectional and panel estimates of the HR-firm performance link Mark A. Huselid and Brian E. Becker; 6. The adoption of high-involvement work practices Frits K. Pil and John Paul MacDuffie; 7. The effects of total quality management on corporate performance: an empirical investigation George S. Easton and Sherry L. Jarrell; 8. Implementing effective total quality management (TQM) programs on financial performance: a synthesis of evidence from quality award winners Kevin B. Hendricks and Vinod R. Singhal; 9. Public policy implications David I. Levine.