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Adverse workplace conditions, high-involvement work practices and labor turnover: evidence from Danish linked employer-employee data
Cottini, Elena; Kato, Takao; Westergård-Nielsen, Niels … - 2009
This paper contributes to the emerging strand of the empirical literature that takes advantage of new data on workplace-specific job attributes and voluntary employee turnover to shed fresh insights on the relationship between employee turnover, adverse workplace conditions and HRM environments....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277256
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Complementarity in Employee Participation Systems: International Evidence
Burdin, Gabriel; Kato, Takao - 2021
We describe the nature, scope and effects of various non-mandated participatory work practices in Japan, the U.S. and Europe through the lens of complementarity in organizations. Specifically, rather than treating each work practice in isolation, we consider it an element of HIWS (High...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658273
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Adverse Workplace Conditions, High-Involvement Work Practices and Labor Turnover: Evidence from Danish Linked Employer-Employee Data
Cottini, Elena; Kato, Takao; Nielsen, Niels Westergaard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper contributes to the emerging strand of the empirical literature that takes advantage of new data on workplace-specific job attributes and voluntary employee turnover to shed fresh insights on the relationship between employee turnover, adverse workplace conditions and HRM environments....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469712
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High performance work practices and employee voice: A comparison of Japanese and Korean workers
Bae, Kiu-sik; Chuma, Hiroyuki; Kato, Takao; Kim, Dong-bae; … - 2010
effects on employee voice of High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) from the two economies which are noted for the wide use … influence and voice on shopfloor decision making than other workers; (ii) workers whose pay is tied to firm performance are more … likely to have a stake in firm performance and hence demand such influence and voice; and (iii) consequently workers in firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269898
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The Impact of Teams on Output, Quality and Downtime: An Empirical Analysis Using Individual Panel Data
Kato, Takao; Jones, Derek C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
To investigate the size and the timing of the direct impact of participatory arrangements on business performance, we …; (v) the performance-enhancing effects of team membership are generally greater and more long-lasting for team members who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761809
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High Performance Work Practices and Employee Voice: A Comparison of Japanese and Korean Workers
Bae, Kiu-Sik; Chuma, Hiroyuki; Kato, Takao; Kim, Dong-Bae; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
effects on employee voice of High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) from the two economies which are noted for the wide use … influence and voice on shopfloor decision making than other workers; (ii) workers whose pay is tied to firm performance are more … likely to have a stake in firm performance and hence demand such influence and voice; and (iii) consequently workers in firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568290
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Competition, Group Identity, and Social Networks in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm
Kato, Takao; Shu, Pian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
, we find that a worker's performance improves when the average ability of her teammates increases. Second, we exploit the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403397
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Competition, group identity, and social networks in the workplace: Evidence from a Chinese textile firm
Kato, Takao; Shu, Pian - 2011
, we find that a worker's performance improves when the average ability of her teammates increases. Second, we exploit the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286862
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Market Characteristics, Intra-Firm Coordination, andthe Choice of Human Resource Management Systems:Evidence from New Japanese Data
Kato, Takao; Owan, Hideo - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper explores theoretically and empirically potentially important yet often-neglectedlinkage between task coordination within the organization and the structure of organizationand bundling of HRMPs (Human Resource Management Practices). In so doing, we alsoprovide fresh insights on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008939754
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Performance Spillovers and Social Network in the Workplace: Evidence from Rural and Urban Weavers in a Chinese Textile Firm
Kato, Takao; Shu, Pian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We provide some of the first rigorous evidence on performance spillovers and social network in the workplace. The data … point to significant spillovers of performance from high-ability weavers to low-ability weavers. On the other hand, we find … no evidence for performance spillovers from low-ability to high-ability weavers. The findings are consistent with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703094