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Bright, David; MacDermott, Terry – Employee Relations, 1982
There has been a steady growth in courses for shop stewards in the United Kingdom in the last decade, much of which is a direct consequence of the increased involvement of the trade union. The authors look at the potential market for shop steward courses by drawing on replies from a national survey. (SSH)
Descriptors: Industrial Personnel, Labor Education, Labor Relations, Leadership Training
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Tchobanian, R. – International Labour Review, 1975
After pointing out possible prejudicial consequences of job restructuring both for occupational and economic interests of workers and for the structure and activities of the trade union movement, various trade union reactions and attitudes to work humanization are analyzed. Available from: ILO Publications, International Labour Office, CH-1211,…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Humanization, Job Enrichment, Job Simplification
Mills, Ted – Training and Development Journal, 1977
Terminology in the training and human resources development field as used in various countries is defined and discussed, from "autonomous work groups" to "two-tier work structure." The author notes that the preferred term to indicate some kind of increased worker influence on organizational conduct seems to be "quality of…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries, Human Factors Engineering, Industrial Personnel
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Sundstrom, Eric; And Others – American Psychologist, 1990
Explores applications of work teams and proposes an analytic framework for team effectiveness. Presents the following applications: (1) advice and involvement; (2) production and service; (3) projects and development; and (4) action and negotiation. Depicts team effectiveness as interdependent with organizational context, boundaries, and team…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Industrial Psychology, Job Performance, Labor Relations
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Rosenfeld, Peter; Broad, Geoffrey – Employee Relations, 1982
This interview is the latest in a series designed to give an airing to contemporary industrial relations issues. Training of shop stewards and other activists has been a major growth area for about 10 years. The Union of Shop, Distributive, and Allied Workers has been at the forefront in developing new courses and training methods. (SSH)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Industrial Personnel, Industrial Training, Labor Education
Clarke, Oliver – 1975
The series of three lectures examine different aspects of work as manifested in changes in workers' attitudes, responses to these changes in the European context, and significant European developments in relation to worker participation. The first lecture discusses social, technological, educational, and economic changes that have affected…
Descriptors: Administration, Attitude Change, Developed Nations, Industrialization
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Library. – 1972
This publication in the Personnel Bibliography Series supplements two previous bibliographies on productivity, motivation, and incentive awards and on managing human behavior. It covers materials received in the Civil Service Commission's Library during 1970 and 1971. Categories for which annotated references are provided include…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Employer Employee Relationship, Improvement, Incentives
Taylor, Linda King – 1972
Bridging the gap between theory and practice, the author through a case-study approach of industries in the United Kingdom and Europe has identified motivation techniques resulting in job enrichment. The book is written in the belief that work is more efficient when it is enjoyable and that human beings will become obsolete unless allowed to…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Employer Employee Relationship, Human Development, Job Development
Glaser, Edward M. – 1973
Addresses the complex socioeconomic problem of improving the quality of worklife and, in the process, improving productivity. Focuses on ways to provide a work climate that will stimulate pleasurable ego-involvement in the job, thereby bringing about increased productivity as a likely by-product. Explores a number of attempts to improve the…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Fringe Benefits, Human Factors Engineering
Katzell, Raymond A.; And Others – 1975
This report is a multi-disciplinary evaluation of policy-related research (which met relatively high standards of scientific validity) dealing with features of work affecting both the productivity and job satisfaction of employees. Its purpose is to determine whether and how worker job satisfaction and productivity together may be enhanced by…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Economic Factors, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Kerchner, Charles Taylor – 1986
A study of 10 schools in 3 school districts examined how labor relations affect teachers' work attitudes and behavior, and how labor relations and contract provisions take on practical significance in the school and classroom. A three "generation" model of labor relations development--based on levels of conflict and the legitimacy accorded the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Board Administrator Relationship, Case Studies, Collective Bargaining
Ebeltoft, Arne – 1974
Organization Development (OD), conceived by behavioral scientists to humanize psychological aspects of working conditions which deprive employees of opportunities to develop and utilize their inherent resources, is based on the assumption that human resources can be released if people are given other conditions for work and cooperation. There is…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Developed Nations, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries
Robertson, David; Wareham, Jeff – 1987
Today the auto industry is going through the most radical restructuring it has experienced since its birth. Included in this upheaval is a dramatic reorganization of the workplace, and technology has been both a catalyst and a central part of such change. The issues involved touch every facet of workplace life: job classifications and demarcation…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Beder, Sharon – 2000
This book provides an account and critique of the work ethic, a central aspect of modern capitalist society. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 considers social changes in Europe in the 16th-17th centuries, maintaining that work was imbued with moral qualities and wealth seeking acquired social legitimacy through religious sanction. Chapter 3…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advantaged, Behavior Standards, Capitalism
Maxey, Phyllis F. – 1983
One of a series of secondary level units on business issues, this packet focuses on the relationship between business and young employees. The packet contains a teacher's guide and a student activity section. Within the teacher's guide, an overview of activities, objectives, and time frame precedes summaries of five daily lesson plans. Also…
Descriptors: Business, Case Studies, Economics Education, Employee Attitudes
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