LEADER 05561nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910583572703321 005 20251116153247.0 010 0 $a019152221X 010 0 $a9780191522215 010 $a0-19-152221-X 010 $a1-281-97068-9 010 $a9786611970680 010 $a0-19-829422-0 010 $a0-19-159661-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7037227 035 $a(CKB)24235082900041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3052782 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3052782 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273138 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL197068 035 $a(OCoLC)191827400 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7037227 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924235082900041 100 $a19990216d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA theory of employment systems $emicro-foundations of societal diversity /$fDavid Marsden 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1999 215 $axvi, 298 p. $cill 311 08$a9780198294221 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [274]-290) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: A Theory of Employment Systems -- 1. The Employment Relationship -- Employment Systems -- Incompleteness of the Employment Contract -- Defining the 'Acceptable Set' of Tasks -- Use of Classification Criteria to Assign Tasks to Jobs -- The Function of Job Classification Systems -- Two Potential Objections to the Argument -- Insights from the Historical Rise of the Employment Relationship -- Conclusion -- 2. The Limits of Managerial Authority -- Introduction -- Transaction Rules and the Employment Relation -- Examples of Each Type of Task Allocation Rule -- How each Rule Deals with Different Kinds of Opportunism -- Conclusion -- 3. Diffusion and Predominance of Employment Rules -- Introduction -- Task Allocation Rules as Partial 'Evolutionarily Stable Strategies' -- Predominance of Individual Transaction Rules -- The Need for Inter-firm Institutions -- Conclusion: Evolutionarily Stable Strategies and Labour Institutions -- 4. Classification Rules and the Consolidation of Employment Systems -- Introduction -- A Theory of Job Classification -- Some Lessons from Occupational Classifications used in Earnings Statistics -- Labour Market Conventions and Job Classifications -- Some Comparative Evidence on Classifications and their Diffusion -- The Role of Institutions in Diffusing Classification Rules -- Employment Systems: Integrating Transaction Rules and Inter-firm Institutions -- Part II: Evidence and Personnel Management Implications -- 5. Societal Diversity of Employment Systems: Comparative Evidence -- Some Evidence of Inter-country Differences in Employment Systems -- Production Versus Training Approach: Key Indicators -- Task-oriented versus Function-oriented Approach: Key Indicators -- Diffusion of Main Employment Systems -- Conclusion -- 6. Performance Management -- Introduction. 327 $aThe Inherent Difficulties of Performance Measurement -- Mutual Distrust and Performance Management -- Some Conventionally Used Performance Criteria -- How the Contractual Constraints Shape Performance Criteria -- Moral Hazard, Transaction Rules and Performance Criteria -- Conclusion: Societal Influences on Performance Criteria -- Appendix 1 Some Examples of Criteria Used in Performance Appraisal -- Appendix 2 Transaction Rules and Performance Standards -- 7. Pay and Incentives -- A Theory of Pay and Classifications -- Price as a Rule and 'Rate for the Job' -- Rate-for-the-Job Classification and Pay for Performance -- Hierarchical versus Occupational Classifications and Pay Structures -- Conclusion -- 8. Skills and Labour Market Structure -- Introduction -- Effects of the Production and Training Approaches on Labour Market Structure -- Approaches to Enforceability and Functional Flexibility -- Institutionalization of Transaction rules by OLMs and ILMs -- Monopsony and Secondary Labour Markets -- Employment and Self-employment -- Conclusions -- Part III: Conclusions -- 9. Employment Systems and the Theory of the Firm: Societal Diversity -- Introduction -- Transaction Costs, Opportunism and Knowledge -- Flexibility, Productivity and Skills -- The Quality of Trust and Cooperation within the Firm -- The Role of Inter-firm Institutions -- Societal Diversity of Employment Systems -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. 330 $aA Theory of Employment Systems provides an analysis of employment systems in leading industrialized countries at both macro and micro levels. 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