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U.S. High‐Performance Work Practices at Century's End
Author(s) -
BLASI JOSEPH R.,
KRUSE DOUGLAS L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-232x.2006.00443.x
Subject(s) - census , work (physics) , globalization , sample (material) , business , demographic economics , incidence (geometry) , economic growth , operations management , economics , demography , engineering , sociology , market economy , population , mechanical engineering , chemistry , physics , optics , chromatography
This study examines the incidence, industry differences, and economic environment of work practices in the United States in 1994 and 1997 using census data from a nationally representative random sample of establishments. Self‐managed work teams were used by a majority of workers in some sites. Work‐related meetings had higher incidence. A high‐performance work organization is used in about 1 percent of establishments. There were significant industry differences associated with globalization, namely, imports and exports.