The American Workplace

Skills, Pay, and Employment Involvement
Herausgeber: Ichniowski, Casey; Olson, Craig; Levine, David I.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume contributes to a growing consensus about effective workplace practices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780521089975
• ISBN-10: 0521089972
• Artikelnr.: 25447323

Inhaltsangabe

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.