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HPWS in the public sector : are there mutual gains?
White, Michael; Bryson, Alex - 2018
Few studies investigate the links between high-performance work systems (HPWS) on public sector organizational … workplaces in Britain in 2004 and 2011. We find robust evidence of positive associations between the use of HPWS and … similar work on the private sector in the United States (Appelbaum et al., 2000) HPWS is not delivering mutual gains for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011950525
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HRM and small-firm employee motivation : before and after the recession
Bryson, Alex; White, Michael - 2017
A long-running debate in the small firms' literature questions the value of formal 'human resource management' (HRM … measures of motivation we find the returns to small firm investments in HRM are u-shaped. Small firms benefit from … intrinsically motivating work situations in the absence of HRM practices, find this advantage disturbed when formal HRM practices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647504
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Does job support make workers happy?
Böckerman, Petri; Bryson, Alex; Kauhanen, Antti; … - 2017
Using linked employer-employee data for Finland we examine associations between job design and ten measures of worker wellbeing. In accordance with Karasek's (1979) model we find positive correlations between many aspects of worker wellbeing and job control. However, contrary to the model, job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607233
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Does Job Support Make Workers Happy?
Böckerman, Petri; Bryson, Alex; Kauhanen, Antti; … - 2017
Using linked employer-employee data for Finland we examine associations between job design and ten measures of worker wellbeing. In accordance with Karasek's (1979) model we find positive correlations between many aspects of worker wellbeing and job control. However, contrary to the model, job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653214
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When does HRM 'work' in small British enterprises?
White, Michael; Bryson, Alex - 2016
Using nationally representative workplace data we find substantial use of high-performance work systems (HPWS) in … Britain's small enterprises. We find empirical support for the proposition that HPWS have a non-linear association with … employees' overall job attitude, with a positive association apparent where HPWS are used intensively. These associations are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450735
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Minority representation at work
Breuer, Matthias; Cai, Wei; Le, Anthony; Vetter, Felix - 2024 - This version: May 2024
Recent proposals for a more inclusive capitalism call for labor and minority representation in corporate governance. We examine the joint promise of labor and minority representation in the context of German works councils. The councils are a powerful form of labor representation that grants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014528151
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Minority representation at work
Breuer, Matthias; Cai, Wei; Le, Anthony; Vetter, Felix - 2024
Recent proposals for a more inclusive capitalism call for labor and minority representation in corporate governance. We examine the joint promise of labor and minority representation in the context of German works councils. The councils are a powerful form of labor representation that grants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014528278
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When Does HRM 'Work' in Small British Enterprises?
White, Michael; Bryson, Alex - 2016
Using nationally representative workplace data we find substantial use of high-performance work systems (HPWS) in … Britain's small enterprises. We find empirical support for the proposition that HPWS have a non-linear association with … employees' overall job attitude, with a positive association apparent where HPWS are used intensively. These associations are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451263
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HRM and Small-Firm Employee Motivation: Before and after the Recession
Bryson, Alex; White, Michael - 2017
A long-running debate in the small firms' literature questions the value of formal 'human resource management' (HRM … measures of motivation we find the returns to small firm investments in HRM are u-shaped. Small firms benefit from … intrinsically motivating work situations in the absence of HRM practices, find this advantage disturbed when formal HRM practices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653465
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HRM and Workplace Motivation: Incremental and Threshold Effects
Bryson, Alex; White, Michael - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011
The HRM-performance linkage often invokes an assumption of increased employee commitment to the organization and other … positive effects of a motivational type. We present a theoretical framework in which motivational effects of HRM are … conditional on its intensity, utilizing especially the idea of HRM 'bundling'. We then analyse the association between HRM …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365661