practices improve worker productivity? For this study, we constructed our own data base through personal site visits to 26 steel … productivity, work practices, and the technology in these production lines. The empirical results consistently support the … higher levels of productivity than do more 'traditional' approaches involving narrow job definitions, strict work rules, and …

unionism and productivity and discusses its implications for future research on more general issues. The main focus is on (I …) conclusions as to whether unions raise or lower productivity and (2) procedures used to identify the channels through which unions … affect productivity. The studies of unions and productivity have documented large productivity differences between seemingly …

studies of employee attitudes and behaviors, and 27 studies of productivity and profitability (with both cross-sectional and …-owners but mixed results on satisfaction, motivation, and other measures. Perceived participation in decisions is not in itself …

productivity. HRM includes incentive pay (individual and group) as well as many non-pay aspects of the employment relationship such … literature on management practices and productivity. We start with some facts on levels and trends of both HRM and productivity … regulation. The largest section analyses the impact of HRM on productivity emphasizing issues of methodology, data and results …

incentives tend to compress the productivity distribution of workers. This is because the relative performance of the most …