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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
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16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

 

 

Management practices and sustainable organisational performance: an analysis of the European Company Survey 2009 [17 October 2011]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1148.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/48/en/2/EF1148EN.pdf

[full-text, 88 pages]

 

Executive Summary

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef11481.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/481/en/1/EF11481EN.pdf

 

Author:            Cox, Annette; Higgins, Tom; Speckesser, Stefan

Summary:        There is consistent evidence across all the results that use of High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) are associated with improved performance outcomes for both employees and the workplace. This report is based on secondary data analysis of Eurofound's recent European Company Survey (ECS) 2009. It explores the links between a broad range of workplace practices and sustainable organisational performance, building on the survey report. An executive summary is available.

 

CONTENTS

Executive summary

1 – Background to study and methodological approach

2 – Literature review and development of the analytic framework

3 – Findings from analysis

4 – Conclusions and recommendations

References

Appendix A: Technical methodology description

Appendix B: Workplace practices and employee complaints

Appendix C: Survey recommendations

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