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High-Performance Work Systems and Labor Market Structures

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Sourcebook of Labor Markets

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Both academic and popular reports suggest that the pace of experimentation with innovative workplace practices has accelerated in recent years (Marchington et al. 1993; Appelbaum and Batt 1994; Osterman 1994; Freeman and Rogers 1995; Lawler, Mohrman, and Ledford 1995; Harley 1999:556–557). However, the notion that new work systems are emerging, in which workers have greater discretion over the work process, is a matter of considerable controversy (Barker 1993; Parker and Slaughter 1993; Graham 1995; Ramsay 1996; Sewell and Wilkinson 1992; Sewell 1998; Knights and McCabe 1998a, 1998b).

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Appelbaum, E., Berg, P. (2001). High-Performance Work Systems and Labor Market Structures. In: Berg, I., Kalleberg, A.L. (eds) Sourcebook of Labor Markets. Plenum Studies in Work and Industry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1225-7_11

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