Abstract
This study analyzes the relationship among plant-level measures of industrial relations performance, economic performance, and quality-of-working-life programs. The analysis employs pooled time-series and cross-section data from 18 plants within a division of General Motors for the years 1970–79. The empirical results show strong associations between industrial relations and economic performance measures and limited support for the hypothesis that quality-of-working-life efforts improve both kinds of performance.
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Industrial relationsDivision of labourDivision (mathematics)Quality (philosophy)Operations managementClassical economicsEconomicsManagementMathematics
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- 1983
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- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-17
- Citations
- 220
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Harry C. Katz,
Thomas A. Kochan,
Kenneth R. Gobeille
(1983).
Industrial Relations Performance, Economic Performance, and QWL Programs: An Interplant Analysis.
Industrial and Labor Relations Review
, 37
(1)
, 3-17.
https://doi.org/10.1177/001979398303700101
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- 10.1177/001979398303700101