Industrialization of the South is bringing thousands of former agricultural workers into the new and expanding factories and fitting them into the regimentation of industrial life. To what extent are southern factories using the personnel practices common in northern plants? This study reports a...

When workers organize to bargain collectively, there is an expectation that changes will occur in personnel administration; indeed, a major objective of organization commonly is to modify certain personnel practices. However, other factors may also influence personnel policies and practices....