Contains a stimulating collection of original papers spanning a variety of topics. This title contains three papers on the subject of job design and organizational performance, covering the determinants of multiskilling from a theoretical perspective and also the empirical effect of...

With the financial crisis and Great Recession some economists have begun to question the orthodox approach to production and capital/labor relations over the last two to three decades. The 12 contributions to this volume of Advances cover co-operatives; effects of worker participation on firm...