Employee involvement
Subtitle: methods for improving performance and work attitudes
By: John L. Cotton.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Newbury Park
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Management -- Employee participation -- United States.; Personnel management -- United States.; Employee motivation -- United States.; Quality circles -- United States.
Description: This volume examines the different ways in which businesses can improve performance by cultivating more employee involvement in their jobs and in the organization itself. The first chapters review the history and empirical research in this area and make a case for greater employee participation in the workplace. Subsequent chapters survey the varieties of employee participation - quality of work, life programmes, quality circles, gain-sharing plans, self-directed work teams and employee ownership - with special attention to implementation. The final chapters summarize the success factors for better employee involvement systems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-287) and indexes.