I estimate a structural model of teams, autonomy, and financial performance, using a cross section of British establishments. My findings suggest that team production improves financial performance for the typical establishment but that autonomous teams do no better than closely supervised or...

Allowing workers to control their work hours (working-time autonomy) is a controversial policy for worker empowerment, with concerns that range from increased shirking to excessive intensification of work. Empirical evidence, however, supports neither view. Recent studies find that working-time...

An introduction to theoretical issues / Maurizio Atzeni -- Factory occupation, worker cooperatives and alternative production : lessons from Britain in the 1970s / Alan Tuckman -- Going underground : worker ownership and control at Tower Colliery / Russell Smith, Len Arthur, Molly Scott Cato and...