{"title":"A Simple Model of Holdup, Union Voice, and Firm Investments","authors":"Fabio Berton, S. Dughera, A. Ricci","doi":"10.1108/s0147-912120210000049003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/s0147-912120210000049003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":185197,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Productivity and Management Practices","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121329113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Complex Job Design and Layers of Hierarchy","authors":"G. Russo, Gijs van Houten","doi":"10.1108/s0147-912120210000049004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/s0147-912120210000049004","url":null,"abstract":"IZA DP No. 14455 JUNE 2021 Complex Job Design and Layers of Hierarchy The main function of hierarchies is to coordinate activities within an organisation, but a hierarchical structure also provides work incentives, by offering the prospect of hierarchical mobility. An alternative way for organisations to motivate workers is through job design. In organisations offering rewarding jobs, the incentivising role of hierarchies may become obsolete, and the number of hierarchical levels can be reduced. Two job design features are particularly relevant: autonomy and problem solving. We investigate the relationship between the number of hierarchical layers and job design features empirically using the European Company Survey (ECS 2019). We find that the extent of the adoption of both complex job design and autonomous teamwork are negatively associated with the number of hierarchical layers. However, the association between complex job design and the number of hierarchical layers is weakened, and in some cases disappears, in larger organisations where hierarchies have a more important coordination role and it is weakened when the knowledge acquisition costs are high. The use of autonomous teams is robustly negatively associated with the number of hierarchical layers. JEL Classification: M51, L20, M50","PeriodicalId":185197,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Productivity and Management Practices","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124483272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Private Tutoring on Higher Education Outcomes: Evidence from South Korea","authors":"Tiloka de Silva","doi":"10.1108/s0147-912120210000049009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/s0147-912120210000049009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":185197,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Productivity and Management Practices","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129616552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Union Effects on Product and Technological Innovation","authors":"A. Bryson, Harald Dale-Olsen","doi":"10.1108/s0147-912120210000049002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/s0147-912120210000049002","url":null,"abstract":"We present theoretical and empirical evidence challenging early studies that found unions were detrimental to workplace innovation. Under our theoretical model, unions prefer product innovation to labour-saving technological process innovation, thus making union wage bargaining regimes more conducive to product innovation than competitive pay setting. We test the theory with population-representative workplace data for Britain and Norway. We find strong support for the notion that local bargaining leads to product innovation, either alone or together with technological innovation.","PeriodicalId":185197,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Productivity and Management Practices","volume":"172 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121186910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What Do Workers Want? The Representation Gap at the EU Establishment as Perceived by Their Workplace Representatives","authors":"J. Addison, Paulino Teixeira","doi":"10.1108/s0147-912120210000049001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/s0147-912120210000049001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":185197,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Productivity and Management Practices","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128932246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Internal Labor Market Dimensions and Labor Productivity\u0000*","authors":"Pedro S. Martins","doi":"10.1108/s0147-912120210000049005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/s0147-912120210000049005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":185197,"journal":{"name":"Workplace Productivity and Management Practices","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130484589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}