Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms Contributor(s): Devaro, Jed (Editor), Bryson, Alex (Editor), Kato, Takao (Editor) |
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ISBN: 085724759X ISBN-13: 9780857247599 Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing OUR PRICE: $178.59 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Labor - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
Dewey: 331 |
Series: Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 303 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 determinants of multiskilling from a theoretical perspective and also the empirical effect of multiskilling and teams on financial performance. Part 2 of the volume concerns compensation, worker attitudes, and productivity. Papers in this section cover the effect of rules and costs on employer-provided health insurance, majority ownership and executive compensation, worker attitudes towards different forms of employee ownership and variable pay, and an analysis of performance-related pay, unions, and productivity in Italy. Part 3 contains three studies of worker cooperatives and nonprofit organizations in Italy, Spain, and Uruguay. This volume concludes with a debate on free trade and the ecological effects of alternative socio-economic systems. |