Discusses factors contributing to human problems of industrial development in Peru. Field studies in Peruvian industrial plants; Impact of culture on industrial development; Surplus of unskilled workers and shortage of skilled labor in Peru; Reinforcement of the cultural barrier against manual...

The Mondragon cooperatives are located in one of the Basque provinces in the north of Spain. Their growth and economic success, from the founding of the first small producers' cooperative in 1954, have been an astonishing accomplishment that has attracted the attention of researchers working on...

This article is an interpretation of the last fifty years of behavioral science research in industry. The author, who has been active in the field since the early 1940s, describes the development since the late 1960s of two distinct streams of organizational behavior research: a main stream,...

Presents views on the framework for the analysis of industrial relations behavior. Interaction of the systems of communication in labor and management organizations; Relationship between union representatives and management representatives; Origins of a collective bargaining relationship....

Provides information on the system of production cooperatives in Mondragon, Spain. Components of the system; Brief history of the development of the system; Information on the economic and cultural basis of the system; Ways in which the expansion of production cooperatives has been managed....

Presents a study that described the field of organizational behavior. Definition of the field of study; Sources where the field based its programs and activities; Lessons learned from the field of study. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)

Editor's note: The Mondragon cooperatives are located in one of the Basque provinces in the north of Spain. Their growth and economic success, from the founding of the first small producers' cooperative in 1954, have been an astonishing accomplishment that has attracted the attention of...