How Workers Fare When Employers Innovate
本文研究企业组织变革对工人的影响,发现高绩效工作实践与工资不平等加剧相关,且不同实践对就业减少的影响不同。
Complementing existing work on firm organizational structure and productivity, this article examines the impact of organizational change on workers. We find evidence that employers do appear to compensate at least some of their workers for engaging in high‐performance workplace practices. We also find a significant association between high‐performance workplace practices and increased wage inequality. Finally, we examine the relationship between organizational structure and employment changes and find that some practices, such as self‐managed teams, are associated with greater employment reductions, whereas other practices, such as the percentage of workers involved in job rotation, are associated with lower employment reductions.