Advances in the economic analysis of participatory and labor-managed firms, Vol. 12

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DeVaro, Jed
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. Emerald 2011
Series:Advances in the economic analysis of participatory & labor-managed firms
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Collection: Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Collection Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Specialization, multiskilling, and allocation of decision rights / Hideo Owan
  • The effect of multiskilling on labor productivity, product quality, and financial performance / Martin Farnham, Emma Hutchinson
  • Teams, autonomy, and the financial performance of firms : new evidence from panel data / Jed DeVaro
  • How do rules and costs affect a firm's setting of benefits? : the case of health insurance and workforce skills / Nan L. Maxwell
  • Majority ownership and chief executive compensation / Derek C. Jones, Niels Mygind
  • Worker attitudes toward employee ownership, profit sharing and variable pay / Fidan Ana Kurtulus, Douglas Kruse, Joseph Blasi
  • Performance-related pay, unions, and productivity in Italy : evidence from quantile regressions / Mirella Damiani, Andrea Ricci
  • Profit reinvestment in Italian worker cooperatives as a contribution to a common good : an empirical analysis on workers' perception and motivation / Cecilia Navarra
  • Does training policy help to attract, retain, and develop valuable human resources? : analysis from the Mondragon case / Imanol Basterretxea, Eneka Albizu
  • Governance and behavior in nonprofits : analysis of Uruguayan health care organizations / Juan Jose Barrios, Mieke Meurs
  • Capitalism, economic democracy, and ecological destruction of our planet / Jaroslav Vanek
  • The case for capitalism : a comment on Jaroslav Vanek's 'Capitalism, economic democracy, and ecological destruction of our planet' / Jed DeVaro, Adrian Stoian
  • Rejoinder / Jaroslav Vanek