Worker participation in diverse settings: does the form affect the outcome, and if so, who benefits?

Article Abstract:

Recent research into workplace innovations has focused on the outcomes of off-line employee participation programmes as compared with on-line work reorganisation schemes and on the main beneficiaries of each type of approach. It has used surveys of workers in three occupational groups in the telecommunications and clothing industries. It concluded that both employees and companies can benefit from self-managed teams and that on-line or team-based participation is most effective in boosting employee motivation.

Research, Participatory management

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Varieties of Capitalism: Production and Market Relations in the USA and Japan

Article Abstract:

The article uses Sanford Jacoby's book as a launchpoint for a comparative analysis of the institution-based variety of capitalism in Japan and the market-based variety of capitalism in the US. Differentiation between market orientation and market performance within these two frameworks is discussed.

United States, Japan, Market Targeting & Approach, Capitalism, Market strategy, Market positioning

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Does Embeddedness Imply Limits to Within-Country Diversity?

Article Abstract:

The author examines Sanford Jacoby's attribution of widening divergence among different nations to decentralization, and posits that although changes are slow, the employment system and corporate governance are undergoing a significant transformation.

Business Personnel Management, Decentralized Organization, Corporate governance, Human resource management, Decentralization (Management)

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