scholarly journals Building a Productive Workforce: The Role of Structured Management Practices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Cornwell ◽  
Ian M. Schmutte ◽  
Daniela Scur
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Wage Inequality ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Comparable Data ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
The World ◽  
Workforce Composition

In an influential study, Bender et al. [Bender S, Bloom N, Card D, Van Reenen J, Wolter S (2018) Management practices, workforce selection, and productivity. J. Labor Econom. 36(S1):S371–S409] document consistent relationships between management practices, productivity, and workforce composition using administrative data from German firms matched to ratings of their practices from the World Management Survey. We replicate and extend their analysis using comparable data from Brazil. The main conclusions from their study are supported in ours, strengthening the view that more structured practices affect organizational performance through workforce selection across different institutional settings. However, we find that more structured management practices are linked to greater wage inequality in Brazil, relative to greater wage compression in Germany, suggesting that some of the consequences of adopting structured practices are tied to the local context. This paper was accepted by Joshua Gans, business strategy.

Wage Inequality on the Rise: The Role of Workers' Characteristics

2016 ◽  
pp. 99-123
Author(s):  
Guillermo Alves ◽  
Matías Brum ◽  
Mijail Yapor
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Wage Inequality ◽  
Increasing Returns ◽  
Developing Economy ◽  
Public Sector Employment ◽  
The World

In recent decades, wage inequality has been an important factor behind the rise in income inequality around the world. The leading explanation for increased wage inequality has been the increasing returns to human capital, usually attributed to changing technology and globalization. This article studies the rise in wage inequality in Uruguay, a small open developing economy. In contrast with popular explanations, our results highlight a strong and gradual inequalizing effect of changes in workers’ characteristics, such as increased schooling and age, decline of public sector employment and contraction of employment in manufacturing together with increased employment in services.

The Role of Performance Management Practices on Organizational Performance

2014 ◽  
pp. 62-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Business Goals ◽  
Culture Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Positive Effect

This chapter introduces the framework and causal model of leadership style, organizational culture, performance management practices, and organizational performance. It argues that dimensions of leadership style, organizational culture, and performance management practices have mediated positive effect on organizational performance. Performance management practices positively mediate the relationships between leadership style and organizational performance and between organizational culture and organizational performance. Leadership style is positively correlated with organizational culture. Understanding the theoretical learning is positively beneficial for organizations aiming to increase organizational performance and achieve business goals.

The Role of Performance Management Practices on Organizational Performance

2016 ◽  
pp. 1635-1658
Author(s):  
Kijpokin Kasemsap
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Business Goals ◽  
Culture Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Positive Effect

This chapter introduces the framework and causal model of leadership style, organizational culture, performance management practices, and organizational performance. It argues that dimensions of leadership style, organizational culture, and performance management practices have mediated positive effect on organizational performance. Performance management practices positively mediate the relationships between leadership style and organizational performance and between organizational culture and organizational performance. Leadership style is positively correlated with organizational culture. Understanding the theoretical learning is positively beneficial for organizations aiming to increase organizational performance and achieve business goals.

Between world culture and local context

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 374-388
Author(s):  
Jelena Brankovic
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Explanation ◽  
Higher Education Governance ◽  
Local Context ◽  
World Culture ◽  
Theoretical Interest ◽  
Education Governance ◽  
World Society Theory ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
The World

World society theory argues that actor empowerment in local contexts is driven primarily by the expanding world culture, rendering alternative explanations weaker in comparison. This article explores one such alternative explanation and offers an account of actor empowerment which highlights the role of identity constructed in local interaction. The article imports insights from identity theory to show how identities constructed in interaction may complement those derived from the world culture. To explore the phenomenon of theoretical interest, the case of a historical empowerment of Serbian universities in the post-2000 period, as an actor in the national higher education governance, is considered.

scholarly journals Organizational Climate and Job Performance: Investigating the Mediating Role of Harmonious Work Passion and the Moderating Role of Leader–Member Exchange and Coaching

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110084
Author(s):  
Anthony Frank Obeng ◽  
Yongyue Zhu ◽  
Samuel Awuni Azinga ◽  
Prince Ewudzie Quansah
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Work Passion

Organizational performance has made it imperative for rural and community bank management to employ the best organizational conditions that influence employee’s performance. Recent banking clean-up in Ghana has also emphasized the need for employees’ performance. This has become necessary to espouse management practices, employee behaviors, and attitudes that predict job performance. Drawing on social exchange theory and reciprocity norm, the study examines the effect of organizational climate on job performance. Valid responses received through a structured questionnaire were 431. Hierarchical multiple regression was employed to validate the hypotheses from the literature review. Relying on empirical data from Ghana, the findings revealed that, first, harmonious work passion partially mediated organizational climate and job performance relationship. Second, leader–member exchange negatively moderated the relationship between organizational climate and harmonious work passion. Finally, however, coaching as a management practice positively strengthened organizational climate and job performance relationship. The theoretical and practical contribution is also discussed.

The contingency role of business strategy on the relationship between operations practices and performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 690-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayanth Jayaram ◽  
Keah Choon Tan ◽  
Tritos Laosirihongthong
Keyword(s):  
Operations Management ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the direct influence of three types of operations management practices, namely total quality management (TQM), lean manufacturing (LEAN), and supply chain management (SCM) on operational performance. Design/methodology/approach – Cluster analysis is used to classify data collected from Thai manufacturing firms into three business strategy clusters of cost leadership, differentiation, and focussed strategy. Next, multiple-regression analysis was used to test the relationships between operations management practices and performance in each of the three strategy clusters. Findings – Results show that all three operations management practices were significantly associated with performance including the interaction of TQM and SCM. Also, the interaction of LEAN and SCM significantly affected performance for firms pursuing focussed business strategy. Practical implications – Manufacturers in developing nations can use this result to deploy appropriate operations management practices to enhance their competitive edge. Originality/value – This study explores the cross-functional alignment between strategies and practices, which have been transferred from developed to developing countries.

scholarly journals Translation Policies in Legal and Institutional Settings

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Minority Rights ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Linguistic Justice ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Everyday Interaction ◽  
Multidisciplinary Perspective

Translation Policies in Legal and Institutional Settings documents the state of the art in research on translation policies in legal and institutional settings. Offering case studies of past and present translation policies from several parts of the world, it allows for a compelling comparison of attitudes towards translation in varying contexts. This edited volume highlights the virtues of integrating different types of expertise in the study of translation policy: theoretical and applied, historical and modern, legal, institutional, and political. It effectively illustrates how a multidisciplinary perspective furthers our understanding of translation policies and unveils their intrinsic link with topics such as multilingualism, linguistic justice, minority rights, and citizenship. In this way, each contribution sheds new light on the role of translation in the everyday interaction between governments and multilingual populations.

scholarly journals Implementasi teori motivasi pada Toyota Motor Company

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Angga G Argadinata
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
The World ◽  
Overall Performance

<div><p class="1eAbstract-text"><em>Motivation is an important and indispensable factor for an organization. For an organization, achieving goals, as measured by organizational performance, is a necessity. To meet these needs, employees as organizational actors must have motivation and be goal-oriented. The end result of the motivation process is performance. Well-motivated employees will eventually perform well. Toyota Motor Company is one of the leading car makers in the world. Toyota's achievement is inseparable from the role of employees who work in it. By paying attention to motivational theories related to meeting the needs of its employees, Toyota Motor Company strives to direct and mobilize its employees to provide good performance, which in turn will improve the company's overall performance through the programs that have been created and implemented for its employees.</em></p><p class="1eAbstract-text">Motivasi adalah faktor penting dan sangat diperlukan bagi suatu organisasi. Mencapai tujuan bagi organisasi, yang diukur dengan dari kinerja organisasi, adalah suatu keharusan. Untuk memenuhi kebutuhan ini, karyawan sebagai pelaksana dalam organisasi harus memiliki motivasi dan berorientasi pada tujuan. Hasil akhir dari proses motivasi adalah kinerja. Karyawan yang bermotivasi baik pada akhirnya akan berkinerja baik. Toyota Motor Company adalah salah satu pembuat mobil terkemuka di dunia. Prestasi Toyota tidak terlepas dari peran karyawan yang bekerja di dalamnya. Dengan memperhatikan teori motivasi yang terkait dengan pemenuhan kebutuhan karyawannya, Toyota Motor Company berupaya mengarahkan dan memobilisasi karyawannya untuk memberikan kinerja yang baik, yang pada gilirannya akan meningkatkan kinerja perusahaan secara keseluruhan melalui program-program yang telah dibuat dan diterapkan untuk karyawannya.</p></div>

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