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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461858403321

Titolo

Advances in the economic analysis of participatory and labor-managed firms [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jed DeVaro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, U.K., : Emerald, 2011

ISBN

1-283-29268-8

9786613292681

0-85724-760-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

Advances in the economic analysis of participatory and labor-managed firms, , 0885-3339 ; ; v. 12

Altri autori (Persone)

DeVaroJed

Disciplina

658.3/152/05

Soggetti

Management - Employee participation

Industrial management - Employee participation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Job design and organizational performance -- pt. 2. Compensation, worker attitudes, and productivity -- pt. 3. Worker cooperatives and nonprofit organizations -- pt. 4. Free trade and the ecological effects of alternative socio-economic systems.

Sommario/riassunto

This 12th edition of Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms contains a stimulating collection of original papers spanning a wide variety of topics. Part 1 of the volume contains three papers on the subject of job design and organizational performance, covering the determinants of multiskilling from a theoretical perspective and also the empirical effect of multiskilling and teams on financial performance. Part 2 of the volume concerns compensation, worker attitudes, and productivity. Papers in this section cover the effect of rules and costs on employer-prov