Partnership, high performance work systems and quality of working life

Danford, Andy and Richardson, Mike and Stewart, Paul and Tailby, Stephanie and Upchurch, Martin (2008) Partnership, high performance work systems and quality of working life. New Technology, Work and Employment, 23 (3). pp. 151-166. ISSN 0268-1072

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    Abstract

    The paper measures the effects of workplace partnership and selected high performance work practices on four different dimensions of employee experience. Whilst the partnership-high performance work systems nexus seems to have little impact on employees' job satisfaction or sense of attachment, it does, however, have a negative impact on both workplace stress and employee evaluations of union performance. The analysis thus questions common assumptions about the inevitability of 'mutual gain' and the necessity of employer/unionpartnership. Introduction and research

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    Danford, Andy, Richardson, Mike, Stewart, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1177-2412, Tailby, Stephanie and Upchurch, Martin;
    • Item type:Article
      ID code:15567
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      November 2008
      Published
      Keywords:workplace partnership, work practices, employee experience, job satisfaction, Sociology, Human Factors and Ergonomics, Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation
      Subjects:Social Sciences > Sociology
      Department:Strathclyde Business School > Work, Organisation and Employment
      Depositing user: Professor R.P. Stewart
      Date deposited:04 Feb 2010 10:53
      Last modified:21 Jun 2021 00:40
      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/15567
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