The American Workplace : Skills, Pay, and Employment Involvement (Hardcover)

Preface; 1. What works at work: overview and assessment Casey Ichniowski, Thomas A. Kochan, David I. Levine, Craig Olson and George Strauss; 2. Diffusion and performance of modular production in the US apparel industry John T. Dunlop and David Weil; 3. The performance effects of modular production in the apparel industry Peter Berg, Eileen Applebaum, Thomas Bailey and Arne L. Kalleberg; 4. Participative bureaucracy and productivity in the machine products sector Maryellen R. Kelley; 5. Methodological issues in cross-sectional and panel estimates of the HR-firm performance link Mark A. Huselid and Brian E. Becker; 6. The adoption of high-involvement work practices Frits K. Pil and John Paul MacDuffie; 7. The effects of total quality management on corporate performance: an empirical investigation George S. Easton and Sherry L. Jarrell; 8. Implementing effective total quality management (TQM) programs on financial performance: a synthesis of evidence from quality award winners Kevin B. Hendricks and Vinod R. Singhal; 9. Public policy implications David I. Levine.