This paper provides a case study of the effect of labor relations on product quality. We consider whether a long, contentious strike and the hiring of replacement workers at Bridgestone/Firestone?s Decatur plant in the mid-1990s contributed to the production of defective tires. Using several...

Das New Public Management wurde angesichts staatlicher Budgetprobleme auch in Deutschland eingeführt, um im Bereich der öffentlichen Verwaltung Effizienz und Effektivität durch ökonomische Ansätze zu steigern. Insbesondere im sozialen Sektor fallen dem Staat Aufgaben zu, die durch...

Ausgehend von einem theoretisch und methodisch bewährten Datenmodell werden in der vorliegenden Studie repräsentative Daten zu den Arbeits- und Beschäftigungsbedingungen von Reiniger/innen (Gebäudereiniger-Handwerk, Reinigung nach Hausfrauenart, Eigenreinigung des Öffentlichen Dienstes und...

Drawing on the concept of idiosyncratic deals (i-deals), the study tests assumptions regarding interdependencies between individuals and organizations in determining work and employment conditions. I-deals are personalized arrangements individual employees negotiate with their employer. We...

Konzepte der Wirtschaftsdemokratie wurden in Deutschland in den 1920er Jahren intensiv, vor allem von Gewerkschaftern und einigen Sozialwissenschaftlern diskutiert. Diese Konzepte gingen auch in Rekonstruktionsperiode in Westdeutschland nach dem 2. Weltkrieg ein. Dieser Artikel betrachtet eine...

This paper focuses on the relationship between work role stressors and job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intention among IT personnel. To collect data, we received the cooperation of the IT SME/Venture Business Association in Korea. IT firms provided the names and...

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social capital in reducing the negative externalities associated with stress, as well as the physical and psychological strain indicators among police officers. Despite the fact that there is a large multidisciplinary literature on stress or on social...

We study the relationship between job quality and retirement using panel data for European countries (SHARE). While previous studies looked at the impact of bad working conditions on retirement intentions, we can use the panel dimension to study actual retirement as well as other pathways out of...

The composite indicator "Quality of work" for comparing European countries is constructed from data of the Third European Survey on Working Conditions. The main findings are as follows: (a) European countries differ with respect to working conditions statistically more significantly than with...