Workplace Cooperation

Workplace cooperation: Current problems, new approaches. [Begin New Research]

Customer There is much anxiety in the United States about the future. Changes in the

Service economy have triggered the restructuring and downsizing of organizations,

leaving many people uncertain about job opportunities for themselves and

[Information] their children. Social problems resulting from economic uncertainty, such as

Content crime and perceptions of anomie, have caused fear and outrage among

Common citizens. Americans are searching for economic and personal security and

Questions insisting that public officials do something about the underlying problems.

News It is no easy task to ameliorate these problems, however, given their

5% for Kids interconnectedness and conflicting views about the roles that public policy

and individuals should play in potential solutions. [Subscriptions]

Schools & These problems are relevant to a discussion of the Dunlop Commission because

Libraries of the increasingly central role that work is playing in people+s lives

(Schor, 1991), the social consequences of economic uncertainty, and the

likelihood that factors contributing to that uncertainty wi

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ects on organizational outcomes. For example, studies indicate that systems of HPWPs reduce turnover (Delaney, in press; Huselid, in press; Arthur, 1994) and increase productivity (MacDuffie, 1995; Ichniowski et al., 1994; Cutcher-Gershenfeld, 1991; Katz et. al., 1987), product quality (Katz et. al., 1985), and corporate financial performance (Huselid, in press; Huselid and Becker, 1994). Although the magnitude of participation+s effects has been debated (Levine, 1995; Wagner, 1994), evidence indicates that participation in combination with other HPWPs can substantially enhance organizational performance (Huselid, in press; Huselid and Becker, 1994). Assessment. Evidence shows that employees today strongly desire participation at work. Employers are adopting participation systems, presumably because they expect those systems to produce organizational benefits. Although the strongest form of participation provides authority to participation-team members to implement changes recommended by the team, it
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