productivity measures of these firms for resource utilization and product competence are determined. Two groups of patterns with …

Purpose – Maintaining and improving productivity of product design and engineering processes has been a paramount … the productivity of limitedly available engineering resources (a challenge companies and nations face currently). The … approaches complementary and overlapping methods for improving the productivity of product design and engineering processes could …

This paper provides statistical evidence of the effects of overtime hours on worker productivity using aggregate panel …‐augmented production function model, with possible effects of overtime on productivity incorporated through the specification of factor … effort functions. The empirical results suggest that use of overtime hours lowers average productivity, measured as output …

general training as well and that this has a positive effect on labour productivity. So far empirical research does not …. This paper presents a sector model that measures the effect of training on productivity. The sector model developed in this …

productivity and lower wages. A survey of 120 employers in an upstate New York county provides data on benefits packages and …

firms. Productivity indices are also defined to measure business performance. Based on the survey, four critical HRM factors … pattern has different business performance in terms of productivity. Using a pattern approach, these findings can aid the … firms in each pattern to improve their productivity by improving their HRM strategies.  …

productivity at the firm level. Design/methodology/approach – Panel data techniques are applied to Belgian data on private sector … prime age and young workers. In contrast, the productivity of middle‐aged workers is not found to be significantly different …/value – These findings contribute to the growing literature on how the workforce age structure affects productivity and wages.  …

evidence to support the notion that profit sharing significantly improves either employment, profitability, productivity …

Presents a longitudinal field study which compares changes in perceptions of productivity and attendance behaviours for … participants in a drug‐testing programme in a manufacturing firm in the mid‐western USA. Employee efficiency, productivity and … productivity. The performance results, however, document a positive and substantial impact of drug testing initiative on employee …