How firms are structured, the management practices they develop, as well as the way in which workers and managers interact can have wider implications for both the performance of the firm and the well-being of its workers. This volume contains ten original and innovative articles that investigate aspects related to workplace practices and productivity. Topics include the role of employee voice in the workplace, the link between unions, innovation and firms' investment, the relationship between job autonomy and hierarchy, the impact of personnel policies on firm performance, the consequences of incentives through discrete bonus compensation schemes for learning on the job, the repercussions of firm downsizing on worker's performance, the individual returns to entrepreneurship, the impact of private tutoring on college attendance, and the measurement of labor market transitions.

About the Author

Solomon W. Polachek, State University of New York at Binghamton and IZA

Giovanni Russo, The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

Konstantinos Tatsiramos, University of Luxembourg, LISER and IZA

Gijs van Houten, The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)

Book Information
ISBN 9781801176750
Author Solomon W. Polachek
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 560g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm