This well-illustrated resource describes the internal labor market (ILM) for the salaried employees of a large manufacturing firm. The author examines the ILM from three interdependent perspectives: that of the firm as a whole; the vacancy chains or sequences of linked staffing actions inside the...

Three experiments are reported relating types of planning activities to performance and attitudes. In general, the findings are consistent with earlier studies showing strong, positive relationship between participation in planning on the one hand and morale and productivity on the other. In all...