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This document summarizes research on the relationship between employee satisfaction and organizational performance. Several studies have found positive correlations between aggregated measures of employee job satisfaction and organizational outcomes like productivity, profitability, and customer satisfaction. However, the causal nature of this relationship is unclear - employee satisfaction may improve performance, but high performance may also increase satisfaction. More longitudinal research is needed to better understand the directionality and potential reciprocal nature of the relationship between employee attitudes and business outcomes. Overall, initial evidence suggests that how employees experience their work can influence organizational performance.
This document summarizes research on the relationship between employee satisfaction and organizational performance. It discusses that while most research has focused on individual employee satisfaction and performance, theorists have suggested employee satisfaction should relate to organizational performance levels. The document reviews two studies that found positive relationships between aggregated employee satisfaction at the business unit or organizational level and various performance outcomes such as productivity, profitability, and customer satisfaction. However, both studies had limitations in generalizability across industries. Overall, the research suggests higher aggregated employee satisfaction within an organization or business unit may positively relate to organizational performance.
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in the Institutes, teaching or Non-teaching. A socio- demographic
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between factors studied (work environment, job security, roles &
responsibility etc.) and job satisfaction and on the basis of
designation, income and experience, researcher found the
relation between factors studied (work environment, job
security, roles & responsibility etc.) and job satisfaction.
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This document discusses factors related to teacher job satisfaction, motivation, and performance. It begins by defining job satisfaction and exploring theories around what influences it, such as fulfillment of needs, internal vs. external factors, and achievement motivation. Job satisfaction is important for the teaching profession and can be influenced by both monetary and non-monetary factors. Professional development is discussed as a way to enhance educational effectiveness by improving teacher job satisfaction in areas like the work itself, context, and consequences. The document then presents hypotheses from a research study on the relationships between psychological contracts, organizational justice, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and performance. To enhance teacher performance, administrators should focus on improving distributive justice, communication, and building a committed
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Employee engagement refers to an employee's level of involvement and enthusiasm for their work. Highly engaged employees feel a strong emotional attachment to their organization and are motivated to help it succeed. Research has found that higher employee engagement leads to improved individual and organizational outcomes such as higher productivity, customer satisfaction, retention rates, and financial performance. Engagement is influenced by factors such as empowerment, meaningful work, good relationships, and rewards for high performance.
This paper investigates the links between a number of subjective measures of worker wellbeing and within establishment wage dispersion. These may be linked either because wage dispersion influences the way in which individuals perceive their own relative and prospective income or because they are concerned about fairness in general. The analysis is based on a data set where the Quality of Work Survey is matched with register-based information on individuals and establishments. The results show that there is no significant overall association. Some significant relationships, however, can be found if the method of pay is assumed to be performance pay that is based on individual or group performance. The results also suggest that the question as to whether wages are public knowledge can be of importance.
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2) For extrinsic motivators to be effective, there needs to be a transparent link between performance and outcomes.
3) Managerial biases like favoritism and personal factors can negatively impact performance evaluations.
4) Incentives are often used as organizational control mechanisms and exacerbate existing biases.
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This document summarizes several studies on employee satisfaction and related concepts. It discusses factors that influence employee satisfaction such as job security, compensation, benefits, promotion opportunities, and work environment. It also examines the relationship between employee satisfaction and outcomes like motivation, performance and loyalty. Several models and frameworks for understanding job satisfaction are reviewed. Measures of job satisfaction, such as the Job Descriptive Index and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, are also summarized.
High involvement work practices (HIWPs) are a set of interconnected human resource practices aimed at improving employee performance through increasing skills and motivation. They generally involve high skills requirements for jobs, team-based work designs, and incentive structures. HIWPs allow employees more input and organizations to optimize abilities efficiently. They are connected to workplace changes and are a constructive model for high performance work systems. HIWPs can improve competence and commitment while making organizations more dynamic and adaptable to change.
This document summarizes a study on the relationship between employee satisfaction with compensation and work motivation. The study examined how fixed pay, flexible pay, and benefits relate to compensation satisfaction and impact work motivation dimensions of effort and performance. The study found that satisfaction with compensation can be a factor in work motivation. However, flexible pay does not significantly motivate employees in the jobs studied, and benefits did not have a large impact on work motivation. The study used surveys and statistical analysis to examine these relationships between compensation satisfaction and work motivation.
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Abstract
The success of any school depends among others on the social capital including teachers, students, parents and
other stakeholders who support the business of imparting knowledge. Satisfied and committed teachers impacts
both on individual student performance and general academic standards of the school. The study explored job
satisfaction among primary school teachers in relation to certain demographic variables. The objective of this
study was therefore to examine the influence of demographic factors on job satisfaction of teachers in public
primary schools in Bomet County, Kenya. This was done by conducting a survey using a self-administered
questionnaire. A total of 848 teachers in 129 primary schools participated in the study. Descriptive and
Inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The overall finding was that teachers were ambivalent on job
satisfaction, meaning that they were not sure whether they are satisfied with their jobs. However, teachers were
satisfied with their colleague co-teachers and happy when assigned administrative duties. Teachers were more
satisfied when authority is delegated to them. It is evident that school leadership need to improve on in ways of
supervision, systems of reward, ways of communication and working conditions. It was further established that
there was significant differences in the level satisfaction of male and female teachers for satisfaction with
administrative duties (t = 2.645) and satisfaction with teaching (t= 2.448). It was also found that male teachers
are more satisfied with administrative duties (m=3.2; s.d. = 1.05) than female teachers (m=2.91; s.d.= 1.18).
Similarly, male teaches are more satisfied with teaching (m= 2.6; s.d.= 0.70) than female teachers (m= 2.5; s.d. =
0.79). This implies that female teachers are not keen on taking up additional administrative duties in the school.
Overall, there was no significant difference between the levels of job satisfaction between male and female
teachers. On the other hand, it was found that job satisfaction was positively correlated with the ‘age of
respondent’ (r= 0.092; p<0.01)><0.05).
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This study examined the temporal relationship between job satisfaction and organizational continuance commitment over 13 months in 295 employees using latent variable structural equation modeling. The analysis found that the cross-lagged path coefficients between job satisfaction and commitment at each time period were not significantly positive, suggesting the relationship was spurious. Test-retest coefficients showed individual rankings on the variables were fairly stable over time.
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A Comparative Study Of Employee-Attitude Of Permanent And Temporary Employees...Sabrina Green
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This document summarizes a study on job satisfaction and conflict resolution modes within the Minda Group. It provides background on the company, reviews relevant literature on job satisfaction and conflict resolution models. The objectives and research methodology are described. Results and interpretations from administering a job satisfaction survey and conflict resolution assessment to top management are presented. The conclusion discusses the implications of the findings.
Group Presentation Once during the quarter, each student will.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group Presentation
: Once during the quarter, each student will prepare a brief presentation on a specific neighborhood, a racial or cultural group, or a historical event, migration or shift in the urban landscape,
related to the themes for that week
. Students will select preferred weeks in advance and be scheduled by Week 2 as best as your professor can allow. The presentation is open in form and format but should be 20 minutes in duration, consist mostly of your own original words and discussion, but involve some form of visual, quotes, or data, and represent some amount of additional research beyond the readings for that week, and include 5 or more questions for discussion to be presented to the class. Your group grade will reflect an average of 4 grades in content, delivery, relevance and engagement with the class in discussion.
.
Group Presentation Outline
•
Slide 1: Title slide
•
This contains your topic title, your names, and the course.
•
Slide 2: Introduction slide
•
Remember that you are presenting this information to others. Acknowledge the audience, and mention the purpose of the
presentation.
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This slide should contain at least 50–100 words of speaker notes.
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Slides 3–10 (or more): Content slides
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Describe the topic and structure
•
Outline and discuss the issues/components each separately
•
Discuss theories, laws, policies, and other labor relations related topics
•
Provide support for your perspective and analysis
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Lessons learned documented, what you have learned
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Conclusion
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The slides should each contain at least
50–100 words of speaker notes.
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Final slide(s): Reference slide(s)
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List your references according to the APA sty
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Group Presentation Outline
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Slide 1: Title slide
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This contains your topic title, your names, and the course.
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Slide 2: Introduction slide
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Remember that you are presenting this information to others. Acknowledge the audience, and mention the purpose of the
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This slide should contain at least 50–100 words of speaker notes.
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Slides 3–10 (or more): Content slides
•
Describe the topic and structure
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Outline and discuss the issues/components each separately
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Discuss theories, laws, policies, and other labor relations related topics
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Provide support for your perspective and analysis
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Lessons learned documented, what you have learned
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Conclusion
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50–100 words of speaker notes.
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Final slide(s): Reference slide(s)
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Group PortionAs a group, discuss and develop a paper of 10 p.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group Portion
As a group, discuss and develop a paper of 10 pages that addresses the following questions. Work together to determine who will complete each section:
Who will comprise your planning committee? Explain.
Identify public- and private-sector partner agencies and elected officials (if any) that should serve on the planning committee.
What are the component parts of the plan (be specific and detailed)? Explain.
What participating agencies may be more or less involved in which parts of the plan development? Explain.
Are there subject matter experts (SMEs) or other entities that should be involved in any one specific area of the plan development? Explain.
Based upon the emergency management concept of incident management that includes the phases of preparedness and mitigation, response, and recovery, identify the actions that will need to be taken in each phase as they relate to the hazard you have selected.
Identify the major challenges that the community and responders will encounter when responding to the hazard.
What solutions exist (e.g., mutual aid, contract services) to overcome those challenges? Explain in detail.
What should be the short- and long-term recovery goals of the community following this event’s occurrence?
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.
Please add your file.
Individual Portion
Develop a PowerPoint presentation of 6–7 slides that provides details about your plan.
Include speaker notes of 200–300 words that will be used when presenting the plan to your superiors.
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Group Behavior in OrganizationsAt an organizational level,.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group Behavior in Organizations
At an organizational level, group behavior is necessary for continued functioning of the
organization. Within an organization, there are established rules, procedures, and processes
developed that define how an organization operates. In addition, there are systems in place
to reward behaviors of those who effectively participate in the organization's operations.
Besides, there are also systems that define consequences that can take place in case
individuals behave outside the accepted practices of the organization. What develops out of
this is an employee's attachment to the organization based on common beliefs, values, and
traditions. The shared attachment and even the commitment to common beliefs, values, and
traditions make up an organization's culture (Helms & Stern, 2001; Lok & Crawford, 2001).
What Is Organization Culture?
Sheard and Kakabadse (2002) explained organizational culture in terms of solidarity and
sociability. Solidarity, in this case, referred to a group's willingness to pursue and maintain
conformity in shared objectives, processes, and systems. Sociability referred to a group's
sense of belongingness by its members and level of camaraderie.
They also mentioned there might be differences between hierarchies or levels within an
organization's culture. Based on the solidarity and sociability of each, upper management
might differ from the decisions made by middle management and line staff. These differences
might also occur between functional departments and, in larger organizations, between
geographically distinct sections of the organization.
What Sheard and Kakabadse wanted to emphasize through this discussion was there might
be distinct subcultures within an organization's culture.
According to De Long and Fahey (2000), "Subcultures consist of distinct sets of values,
norms, and practices exhibited by specific groups or units in an organization." Subcultures
may be readily observed in larger, more bureaucratic organizations or organizations having
well-established departments with employees that have highly specialized or possessing
unique skills.
De Long, D., & Fahey, L. (2000). Diagnosing cultural barriers to knowledge management. The
Academy of Management Executive, 14(4), 113–127.
Helms, M., & Stern, R. (2001). Exploring the factors that influence employees 'perceptions of
their organization's culture. Journal of Management in Medicine, 15(6), 415–429.
Lok, P., & Crawford, J. (2001). Antecedents of organizational commitment and the mediating
role of job satisfaction. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 16(8), 594–613.
Sheard, A., & Kakabadse, A. (2002). Key roles of the leadership landscape. Journal of
Managerial Psychology, 17(1/2), 129–144.
3-17 Kenneth Brown is the principal owner of Brown Oil, Inc. After quitting his university teaching job,
Ken has been able to increase his annual salary by a factor of over 100. At the present time, Ken is
f.
Group assignment Only responsible for writing 275 words on the foll.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group assignment: Only responsible for writing 275 words on the following
Explain immigration and how that is connected.
Identify current and future issues in serving diverse clients and legally protected classes.
GroupgrAssignment content:
Access
the
Prison Rape Elimination Act
website.
Write
a 1,000- to 1,400-word report for an audience of potential new employees in human services in a correctional setting in which you:
Summarize current and future civil rights issues that affect the criminal justice system.
Identify why PREA affects the future of corrections.
Explain immigration and how that is connected.
Identify current and future issues in serving diverse clients and legally protected classes.
Explain options for advocacy.
Identify
boundaries in advocacy for human service workers.
Format
your resources consistent with APA guidelines.
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Group 2 WG is a 41-year-old female brought herself into the ER la.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group 2: WG is a 41-year-old female brought herself into the ER last night asking to "detox from vodka." She tells you she has a long-standing history of alcohol dependence with multiple relapses. She also reports that she has experienced alcohol withdrawal seizures before. Current CIWA-Ar is 17. She denies any past medical history but lab work indicates hepatic insufficiency (LFTs x3 ULN). All other lab work is normal. She denies taking any medications.
How will you manage this patient’s withdrawal syndrome?
Responses must be a minimum of 200 words, scholarly written, APA7 formatted, and referenced. A minimum of 2 references are required (other than your text). Plagiarism and grammatical errors free.
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Group 2 Discuss the limitations of treatment for borderline and.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group 2: Discuss the limitations of treatment for borderline and histrionic PD and what can be done from a psychopharmacological perspective.
Post must be a minimum of 200 words, scholarly written, APA formatted, and referenced. A minimum of 2
scholarly
references are required
(other than your text
).
.
Group 3 Discuss the limitations of treatment for antisocial and.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group 3: Discuss the limitations of treatment for antisocial and narcissistic PD and what can be done from a psychopharmacological perspective.
Post your initial response by Wednesday at midnight. Respond to at least one student
with a different assigned DB question
by Sunday at midnight. Both responses must be a minimum of 200 words, scholarly written, APA formatted, and referenced. A minimum of 2
scholarly
references are required
(other than your text
). attached lecture for the theme.
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Group 1 Describe the differences between Naloxone, Naltrexone, .docxgilbertkpeters11344
Group 1: Describe the differences between Naloxone, Naltrexone, and Buprenorphine/Naloxone. Include the properties of each, their classification, mechanism of actions, onset, half-life, and formulations (routes of delivery). Please discuss the implications of differences in the clinical setting (including pre-hospital)
Responses must be a minimum of 200 words, scholarly written, APA7 formatted, and referenced. A minimum of 2 references is required (other than your text). Plagiarism and grammatical errors free.
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Grotius, HobbesDevelopment of INR – Week 3HobbesRelati.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Grotius, Hobbes
Development of INR – Week 3
Hobbes
Relationship between Natural Law and Law of Nations?
Mediated by the idea of the state of nature as the predicament of insecurity:
Natural right: self-preservation.
Natural law: the observation of promises and contracts.
For states: minimum observation of natural law in the form of consenting to agreements.
Written agreement: treaty-making
Unwritten agreements: customary law
Hobbes
State of Nature: the condition in which individuals find themselves in a perpetual condition of war.
Natural right to self-preservation:
We each have the right to judge what is in our interest for self-preservation.
Conflict occurs because of:
Competition
Diffidence
Glory
Different meanings for words in the State of Nature; no ability in the State of Nature to determine whose judgment is valid (Wolin).
Life in the state of nature: “Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”
Commonwealth
Commonwealth by institution:
Social contract: it is the collective agreement among all individuals in the state of nature to establish:
Sovereign power
Able to speak and act for a multiplicity of people (which becomes a unified group).
State
The unity of sovereign power and the unified people.
Sovereign is the man or assembly that carries the person of the State.
State is the Leviathan: the mortal God on earth.
Sovereigns come and go but the State remains.
Consequences
The implication: fear is displaced from the condition of the state of nature to the relation between individual and state.
What continues to bind the state is fear of a return to the State of Nature:
the relation between individual and state is one of protection in exchange for obedience.
Private vs. public conscious: does one need to truly believe (i.e. like a Christian) or does the appearance of belief suffice?
“belief and unbelief never follow men’s commands.”
Loyalty only to those that are in power?
Historical context: The Norman Yoke and the English Civil Wars
Stability should not sacrificed as a result of ‘injustice’.
The rise of the ‘mechanical’ centralized administrative state.
Grotius
Dutch legal theorist 16th century;
Along with Vitoria and Gentili laid the foundation for the Law of Nations (Public European Law) on Natural Law.
Moves away from a theological conceptualization of Natural Law to a secular one.
Develops the notion of Natural Rights which becomes key for understanding human morality and law.
Notion of natural right emerged out of the massacre of St. Bartholomew (25 August 1572).
Attempted to establish limitation on the Sovereign’s power:
notion of individual right that the state cannot transgress.
Grotius: “a RIGHT is a moral quality annexed to the person, justly entitling him to possess some privilege, or to perform some particular act”
Four Fundamental Rights
1) the right for others not to take my possessions.
2) the right of restoration of property in case of injury.
3) honoring promises.
4) punish wrongdoing.
Natural.
GROUP 1 Case 967-- A Teenage Female with an Ovarian MassCLI.docxgilbertkpeters11344
GROUP 1: Case 967-- A Teenage Female with an Ovarian Mass
CLINICAL HISTORY
A teenage female presented with secondary amenorrhea (https://www.healthline.com/health/secondary-amenorrhea#causes). The patient had 1 menstrual cycle 3 years ago and has had no menses since. Laboratory work-up was negative for pregnancy test, mildly increased calcium level (11.7 mg/dL, normal range: 8.5-10.2 mg/dL) and CA 125 (43 Units/ml, normal range: 0-20 Units/ml). Prolactin, TSH, AFP, Inhibin A, Inhibin B and CEA were normal. Imaging revealed a 13 x 11.8 x 8.6 cm, predominately cystic left pelvis mass, with multiple internal septations. Her past medical history was not contributory. Patient underwent left salpingo-oophorectomy (https://www.healthline.com/health/salpingo-oophorectomy), omentectomy (https://moffitt.org/cancers/ovarian-cancer/omentectomy/) and tumor debulking (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debulking) with intraoperative frozen section consultation.
GROSS EXAMINATION
The 930.9 g tubo-ovarian complex consisted of a 20.0 x 16.0 x 8.0 cm large mass, with no recognizable normal ovarian parenchyma grossly and an unremarkable fallopian tube. The cut surface was gray, "fish-flesh", soft with foci of hemorrhage and necrosis.
MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION
Microscopically, the majority of main tumor was growing in large nests, sheets and cords with focal follicle-like structures and geographic areas of necrosis. It was predominantly composed of small cells with hyperchromatic nuclei, round to oval nucleus with irregular nuclear contour, inconspicuous to occasional conspicuous nucleoli and minimal cytoplasm. This component was variably admixed with a population of larger cells, which as the name implies composed of cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, with central or eccentric round to oval nuclei, pale chromatin and prominent nuclei. Both, the small and large cell components demonstrated brisk mitotic activity. All staging biopsies and omentectomy were composed of large cell component.
An extensive panel of immunohistochemical stains was performed. Overall, the staining pattern was strong and diffuse in small cell component compared to patchy weak staining pattern in the large cell component.
FINAL DIAGNOSIS
Small cell carcinoma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-cell_carcinoma) of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4939673/)
DISCUSSION
Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is an aggressive and highly malignant tumor affecting the women under 40. It was first described as a distinct entity by Dickersin et al in 1982 (1). Fewer than 500 cases have been described in the literature and it accounts for less than 1% of all ovarian cancer diagnoses. Due to the initial consideration of epithelial origin, the term of SCCOHT has been used to distinguish this entity from its mimicker, the neuroendocrine or pulmonary type (2). In fact epithelial origin of SCCOHT was recently challenged as new imm.
Greek Drama Further Readings and Short Report GuidelinesOur s.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Greek Drama: Further Readings and Short Report Guidelines
Our study of Greek drama will begin with an overview of Greek theater in general and focus on Aeschylus’ Agamemnon (Norton rental text, Vol. A). You will be completing a quiz/worksheet on Agamemnon (open book) and that play will be the focus of our class from March 26 through April 2. After that, each of you will have the opportunity to focus more intensively on one of three other Greek plays, Sophocles’ Philoctetes, Euripides’ Medea, or Aristophanes’ Lysistrata.
I will be asking you to submit a short report that focuses primarily on the play you chose to study in more depth. Your first task, though, is to choose which of the three plays you want to work on. Here are brief overviews of the three plays.
Sophocles’ Philoctetes(available in the Sophocles II purchase text). Philoctetes, an outstanding Greek warrior, was abandoned by Odysseus, Agamemnon and Menelaos on the way to fight in Troy because they could not bear the agonies of his suffering from a poisonous snake bite. The hero, an exceptional archer who wields the bow of Heracles, has been living in isolation on the wild island of Lemnos for nine years. Now the Greek forces have received a prophecy that they cannot conquer Troy without Philoctetes’ help. Odysseus, whom Philoctetes hates, and Neoptolemus, the son of Achilles, are sent to lure Philoctetes back to the war, by persuasion, treachery or force.
Euripides’ Medea (available in Norton rental text, Vol. A. Medea, the sorceress who helped the hero Jason find the Golden Fleece and also helped save his life, is living with Jason in exile from her homeland with their two children. She has learned that, in order to advance his fortune and social standing, Jason wants to jilt Medea and marry a younger woman. Out of despair and rage, Medea contrives to take revenge against Jason in the most horrific way she can.
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata (available in Norton rental text, Vol. A). Fed up with the emotional and economic hardships caused by the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), the Athenian and Spartan women, under the leadership of Lysistrata, unite to undertake two group actions: first, to refuse to have sex with their men until the men agree to stop fighting and, second, to cut off funding for the war by occupying the Athenian treasury. Aristophanes’ comedy still raises questions today about who should wield political power and why, as well as about how much humans really value peace.
NOTE: While I am requiring you to focus on only one of the three plays, I strongly encourage you to read all three. I will be saying something about each of the three plays before the short report is due, after we spend some time with Aeschylus’ Agamemnon.
Guidelines for Short Report on Greek Drama
For the short report on Greek drama, please write complete, incisiveresponses to each of the following five topics or questions concerning the play—Philoctetes,Medea or Lysistrata—that you h.
Graph 4 (You must select a different graph than one that you hav.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Graph 4 (You must select a different graph than one that you have previously discussed)
Select a data presentation from chapter 6 of the text (Grey Section).
Answer the following:
What is the visual that you selected?
What is the purpose of the visual?
What kind of data should be compiled in the selected visual?
What kinds of data should not be compiled in the selected visual?
How can you avoid making the visual misleading?
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Graphs (Help! Really challenging assignment. Would appreciate any bi.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Graphs (Help! Really challenging assignment. Would appreciate any bit of help!)
Family tree's and genealogy software has become more and more prevalent in recent years. From the name you might expect that a family tree would be easily represented by a tree structure, but that is not the case! A more appropriate data structure to represent a family tree would be a type of graph. Using the description of the family that accompanies this assignment, you must represent this family using a graph structure. The graph needs to be a weighted graph. The weights will constitute the types of relationships, I recommend using some kind mapping between numbers and strings to represent the relationships. When adding family members to the graph, this can be done programmatically for the provided family members within the description file. Additionally, I also want there to be an interface in which a user can create a new family member and add them to the tree. This can be a simple CLI where the user provides a name, gender, and age to create a person. Then another simple CLI where they select which member of the family they want the original relationship to be with and what kind of relationship it should be. Finally, they can edit the family member using another CLI and selecting the family member they wish to edit, the operation they wish to perform (edit name, edit age, edit relationship), and then add new relationship between family members which can call a function that you create in order to add the original relationship. Remember the DRY philosophy, where code can be modularized or made into a function, it should be if you plan on using the logic again.
Finally, I want you to make data assertions within the
FamilyTree
class that enforce certain "rules" that exist in a typical human family. An example would be a person should not have any kind of relationship to itself (a person can not marry themselves, a person can not be their own brother, sister, father, mother, etc.). There should be at least 3 data assertions. These should exists as part of the family tree, not as part of the graph.
As a hint, for a successful design: I would recommend using layers of abstraction. Your graph class is the backing structure to the family tree class. Your family tree should implement methods that interface with the graph class, i.e. add_family_member() should call the constructor to create a node and then call a function within the graph class to add a node to the graph. Then using the relationships function parameter, you can add edges to the graph between the new nodes and the existing nodes. The family tree should be what enforces what relationships can exist through the data assertions, the graph does not care about what relationships are made between family members. Your functions that the user would interface with would be greatly reduced compared to the total number of methods within the classes themselves. The user should be able to add, remove, and modi.
Grandparenting can be highly rewarding. Many grandparents, though, u.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Grandparenting can be highly rewarding. Many grandparents, though, unexpectedly become guardians and raise small children. How might this responsibility affect their normal course of adult development? What components might require transitions? How would a professional counselor encourage these older guardians in their new roles? Just need 135 words (ASAP)!
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Great Marketing Moves The evolving art of getting noticed Ov.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Great Marketing Moves The evolving art of getting noticed
Over three decades,
Inc.
has seen entrepreneurs, often with little cash but lots of creativity)', produce clever marketing campaigns time and again. Here are 3U classic examples from the archives. —
Kelly Fairdoth
Make a article summary from 2-3 paragraphs.
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“GREAT MIGRATION”
Dr. G. J. Giddings
Characteristics
Human
Propelled – push-pull (E. Lee, 1966)
Impactful – consequential … cause/effect
Dynamic – leaderless …democratic …
Demographics
Demographics
1.2 million, 1915-’30
6.4 million, 1980
(Caribbean:
140,000,1899-1937)
Precursors
Post-Reconstruction, 1877-1914
Rural - Urban
Westward – “Black Exodus”
Henry Adams (LA)
89,000 migrants/interest
Benjamin “Pap” Singleton (TN)
“Advantage of Living in a Free State”
Thousands migrated
Emigration
Bishop Henry M. Turner,
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Precursors …
U.S. Empire
Berlin Conf.,1884
Philippines, 1898
Puerto Rico, Guam
Hawaii,
(Cuba)
Haiti, (1915-’34)
U.S. Virgin Isl.,1916
Guyana, 1941
Atkinson Airstrip
6
Great Migration
Caribbean
140,000,1899-1937
M. M. Garvey
C. Powel
DJ Kool Herc
S. Chisholm
G. J. Giddings
Great Migration
“PUSH”
-Boll weevil, 1915/6
-Mississippi flood, 1927
-Racist Terroism
-Racist laws: Jim Crow
Great Migration
“PULL”
E. World War I, 1914-1919
(367,000 AAs served)
European immigration desisted
Chicago Defender
“To die from the bite of frost is more glorious than by the hands of a lynch mob”
“Every Black man for the sake of his wife and daughter should lave even at a financial sacrifice every spot in the south where his worth is not appreciated enough to give him the standing of a man and a citizen in the community.”
Great Migration
IMPACT
Detroit, MI
611 % increase
Urban League, 1911
National League of Urban Conditions among Negroes, NY
Rep. Oscar DePriest (R)
Chicago Alderman, 1915; U.S. Rep, 1929-’35
1970s: Chicago had more Blacks than Mississippi!
Harlem Renaissance, 1919-1932
L. Hughes, “Negro Artist …”
Some pastors followed migrants.
Return Migration/RE-PATRIATION
Post-Industrial
“Reverse migration”
1980-present
Service economy
“Sun Belt” industrial service areas
Destinations
Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC, Houston, TX, …
(F&H, chap. 23)
GREAT MIGRATION
Franklin & Higginbotham (F&H)
1, (12),13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 23 …
Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns, 2010
Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer laureate
National Book Critics Circle award
“best non-fiction ...” NY Times
1,200 interviews
I.M. Gladney
G. Starling
R. P. Foster
Wilkerson …
Ida Mae Gladney
1934
MS – Chicago, IL
Wilkerson …
George Starling
1945
Florida–New York
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Grand theory and Middle-range theoryHow are Nursing Theories c.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Grand theory and Middle-range theory
How are Nursing Theories classified?
What are the differences between grand theory and middle-range Theory?
Examples of grand Theory and Middle range Theory?
Write an Essay.
Use the APA style 7
Avoid plagiarism by submitting your work to SafeAssign.
.
Grand Rounds Hi, and thanks for attending this case presen.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Grand Rounds
Hi, and thanks for attending this case presentation. My name is Dr. Stephen Brewer and I am a licensed
clinical psychologist in San Diego, California and Assistant Professor of Psychology and Applied
Behavioral Sciences at Ashford University. Today, I will be sharing with you the story of Bob.
Presenting problem
Bob Smith is a 36-year-old man who came to me approximately six months ago with concerns about his
career choice and life direction. He did not have any significant psychiatric symptoms, besides some
understandable existential anxiety regarding his future. Bob was cooperative, friendly, open, and
knowledgeable about psychology during our first few sessions together. I noticed that he seemed
guarded only when talking about his family and childhood experiences. To confirm his identity, I checked
his driver’s license to ensure his name was indeed Bob Smith and that he lived close by in a mobile home
in Spring Valley. Given his relatively mild symptoms, we decided to meet once a week for supportive
psychotherapy so he could work through his anxieties. I gave him a diagnosis of adjustment disorder
with anxiety.
History
Here’s some background on Bob to give you a sense of who he is.
Family
Bob grew up as an only child in Edmonton, Canada, in a low-income, conservative, and very religious
household.
He shared that his father was largely absent during his childhood, as he spent most of the week residing
north of Edmonton, where he worked as a mechanic in the oil fields near Fort McMurray. On weekends,
Bob’s father would return home and spend as much time as possible with his family. Bob described his
father as warm, caring, and a hard worker. His father reportedly died one year ago.
Bob’s mother was described as a strict, rule-based woman who had a short temper and was prone to
furious outbursts over trivial matters. She worked in Bob’s junior high as a janitor, which meant that Bob
often crossed paths with his mother at school, where she would often check up on him. During Bob’s
high school years, Bob’s mother got a new job as a high school librarian.
At 18, Bob moved to San Diego to study psychology at San Diego State University. He lived in the dorms
for his first few years, where he easily made friends and joined a fraternity. Bob maintained contact with
his parents, but ceased all contact when his mother suggested she would move to San Diego to be closer
to him. He graduated with a 3.2 GPA and began working for the county as a psychiatric technician. He
worked as a psych tech for 14 years and described it as “fun at first, but it got boring and predictable
after a while.”
Treatment
Bob shared that he has a medical doctor that he visits once every few years for his routine physical. He
denied having any significant medical problems. Additionally, he denied using any illicit substances and
reported drinking only on occasion with friends from his fratern.
Graduate Level Writing Required.DUEFriday, February 1.docxgilbertkpeters11344
Graduate Level Writing Required.
DUE:
Friday, February 14, 2020 by 5pm Eastern Standard Time.
Resources: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor Wages, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Census Bureau
Based
on
Dallas, Texas
Write a 900- to 1,050-word paper in which you analyze the criminal profile of Dallas, Texas.
Include the following information in your analysis:
-Characterization of the city in terms of social and intellectual context
-Identity of social factors that contribute to crime
-Linking of events or attitudes to a description of beliefs people living there would accept for explaining criminal behavior
-Consideration of changes in land use, property values, transportation, and retail as one moves away from the city center
-If there are changes, what distance do you estimate exist between these areas?
-How noticeable are the changes?
-Discussion of whether or not zones of transition apply to this city
-Identification of criminal hot spots
-Relevant data to support answers
-How your findings relate to the role of socioeconomic status and values in criminological theory
-Identification and rationale for the choice of one sociologic theory that best explains the crime in your chosen city
-Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
.
-Provide at least 4 Academic / Scholarly references
.
-100% Original Work. ZERO Plagiarism.
-Must Be Graduate Level Writing.
.
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The temple and the sanctuary around were dedicated to Asklepios Zmidrenus. This name has been known since 1875 when an inscription dedicated to him was discovered in Rome. The inscription is dated in 227 AD and was left by soldiers originating from the city of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv).
ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001, and GDPR: Best Practices for Implementation and...PECB
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2. the presence of self-selec-
tion: satisfied workers were more likely to increase
participation in high-involvement
practices, but participation did not predict future increases in
satisfaction.
*Robert D. Mohr is an Associate Professor of Eco-
nomics at the University of New Hampshire Whittemore
School of Business and Economics, and Cindy Zoghi
is a Research Economist at the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The authors thank Andrew Clark, Karen
Smith Conway, Bruce Elmslie, Dan Hamermesh, Edward
Lazear, and David Levine for helpful comments. They
also thank Lucy Chung and Yves Decady at Statistics
Canada for exceptional support with the data.
A data appendix with additional results, and copies
of the computer programs used to generate the results
presented in the paper, are available from the second
author at [email protected]
ob satisfaction has important economic
effects. Low job satisfaction is associated
with higher rates of quitting (Freeman 1978;
Gordon and Denisi 1995; Clark, Georgellis,
and Sanfey 1998) and higher rates of ab-
senteeism (Clegg 1983; Drago and Wooden
1992); high job satisfaction correlates with
improved job performance (Judge et al.
2001b) and organizational citizenship behav-
ior (Organ and Ryan 1995). Dissatisfaction
therefore may result in higher labor costs
and lower productivity.
This article studies the relationship be-
tween job satisfaction and high-involvement
3. work design, which we define as the use of
features like quality circles, feedback, sugges-
tion programs, task teams, and job rotation.1
The breadth of our data, which consist of
approximately 25,000 observations spanning
four years and every major Canadian industry,
allows us to draw ver y general insights about
the relationship between involvement and
satisfaction. The data also allow us to check
the robustness of our findings in particular
subsets, like unionized workers, and to con-
sider the relationship between involvement
and a number of other worker outcomes,
like absenteeism and self-reported stress.
These additional variables may be indicators
of dissatisfaction and therefore allow us to
test, to some extent, how broad a range of
satisfaction measures we can link to high-
1We use the term “high involvement” because it
describes a range of management practices, designed
to elicit greater input or involvement from workers in
operational problem-solving, that are best obser ved
in our data. The definition excludes complementar y
aspects of how work is organized, like training, pay
schemes, and hiring. See Pil and MacDuffie (1996) for
discussion and a more detailed definition.
276 INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW
involvement work practices. Finally, because
we use a data set that includes information
from both employers and employees and
4. follows both groups over time, we can con-
trol for a number of specific sources of bias,
and look for evidence on the direction of
causality.
We follow Weiss (2002:175) in defining
job satisfaction as “an evaluative judgment
one makes about one’s job or job situation.”
To study the relationship between this judg-
ment and high-involvement work design, we
discuss reasons that high-involvement jobs
might be associated with either increased or
decreased job satisfaction. We also consider
the direction of causality. In other words, both
our discussion of theor y and our empirical
analysis highlight reasons that work practices
might affect job satisfaction, but also consider
the possibility that satisfaction affects either
the reported participation in particular work-
place practices or an employer’s decision to
adopt such practices.
Literature and Background
A large body of literature on socio-techni-
cal systems, total quality management, and
high-performance work systems argues that
some characteristics of work might increase
satisfaction. For example, Hackman and
Oldham developed the Job Characteristics
Theor y, which argues that characteristics
like participation, learning, and autonomy
increase the motivating potential of work
(Hackman and Oldham 1976, 1980). Other
causal links between high-involvement work
design and satisfaction are equally plausible.2
5. Involved employees can use their insights
to improve their jobs directly. Satisfaction
can come from learning, problem-solving,
inter-group cooperation, and doing a good
job. All of these relationships imply that jobs
with a high degree of employee involvement
might increase satisfaction.
The existing literature also recognizes,
however, that even if a positive association
between the characteristics of work and the
evaluative judgment that individuals make
about their jobs exists, the direction of cau-
sality may not run entirely in one direction.
Satisfied workers may participate in high-
involvement practices more frequently, or
establishments with satisfied workers may be
more likely to adopt new programs. Even if
the participation choice can be controlled
for, satisfied workers might also perceive their
jobs differently and therefore be more likely
to report participation.3 Such differences in
perception also imply that satisfaction may
predict reported participation, rather than
the other way around.
High-involvement jobs may also correlate
with lower levels of job satisfaction. Critics
argue that workers may dislike job redesign:
some employees may prefer Taylorist work-
places (Kelly 1982; Pollert 1991).4 Narrowly
defined jobs allow the employer to easily de-
fine performance standards and ensure that
an employee will not be asked to do tasks out-
side the job’s definition. Job redesign is often
6. accompanied by work intensification (Green
2004). For instance, most of the examples
from a widely cited Business Week (1983:100)
report on flexibility involve enlarging jobs
by adding new responsibilities (Thompson
and McHugh 1990). Furthermore, because
success in a high-involvement job no longer
depends on completion of narrowly defined
tasks, “employment security is now condi-
tional on market success, rather than assured
by [the worker’s] status as directly employed
personnel” (Davidson 1991:253). Finally,
increased effort levels can also be achieved
through increased monitoring. Practices like
teams and quality circles create incentives for
peer sur veillance, which can lead to lower
job satisfaction (Delbridge, Turnbull, and
Wilkinson 1992; Sewell and Wilkinson 1992;
Garrahan and Stewart 1992).
A negative correlation between involve-
ment and job satisfaction would not necessar-
2Hackman (1992), for example, argued that partici-
pation in groups might both arouse motive states and
provide direct personal satisfaction.
3Wong et al. (1998) used longitudinal data to show
that job satisfaction predicts job perception, while Erez
and Judge (1994) found an association between job
satisfaction and self-deception.
4For sur veys of these arguments, see Thompson and
McHugh (1990) or Ramsay, Scholarios, and Harley
(2000).
7. HIGH-INVOLVEMENT WORK DESIGN AND JOB
SATISFACTION 277
ily imply causation. Causality in the reverse
direction is again possible. Employers who
have particularly dissatisfied employees might
have stronger incentives to adopt high-in-
volvement work practices. These employers
might do so in an effort to raise morale or in
order to impose a form of peer monitoring
on those employees perceived as least likely
to be committed to the workplace.
While the existing literature offers expla-
nations for either a positive or a negative
association between high-involvement work
design and job satisfaction, it also points out
some reasons that a broad cross-sectional
data set may not demonstrate such an as-
sociation. The differing hypotheses linking
satisfaction to involvement are not mutually
exclusive and do not apply to all workers.
Factors unobser ved in large data sets, like
affectivity, mood, and personality, mediate the
association between work design and job sat-
isfaction (Ilies and Judge 2004; Judge, Heller,
and Mount 2002). Even if workers generally
appreciate involvement, some workers might
be less satisfied. The research linking involve-
ment to job intensity also recognizes that the
relationship might not systematically appear
in satisfaction data. Many of these authors
argue that intensification is a byproduct of a
broader move toward “flexibility,” which in
8. addition to changes in work design might also
involve the increased use of temporar y work-
ers and decreased job security. In addition,
“intensity” is a different construct from job
satisfaction.5 Jobs that are either stressful or
enlarged might nonetheless satisfy.
Finally, the theor y of compensating dif-
ferentials offers one more reason that a
systematic relationship might not appear in
an empirical analysis. Hamermesh (1977)
pointed out that, with perfect certainty and
a continuum of different jobs (offering
different combinations of wages and char-
acteristics), there should be no difference
in satisfaction beyond that due to randomly
distributed tastes. If workers prefer involve-
ment, then in equilibrium employers with
participator y workplaces can offer relatively
lower wages. In this case, satisfaction levels
will not var y with the degree of involvement,
although differences might be obser ved
after the analysis controls for pay and other
variables.
In investigating the link between the at-
tributes of work and job satisfaction, our
study builds on a long tradition of empirical
research in both economics and industrial
relations. While the relationship between
job content and job satisfaction has been
studied before (for a sur vey, see Judge et al.
2001a), the strength of our work lies in our
use of longitudinal data on employees and
their establishments and our ability to look
9. for indications of the direction of causality.
Much of the best current work uses data sets
limited to a small number of workplaces,
an approach that allows researchers to bet-
ter identify job characteristics and also to
obser ve several workers at the same firm or
jobsite.6 Drago, Estrin, and Wooden (1992),
Gordon and Denisi (1995), Godard (2001),
and Brown and McIntosh (2003) used such
data to show that controlling for workplace
characteristics qualitatively changes conclu-
sions about job satisfaction, and meta-analyses
confirm a link between work design and job
satisfaction (Loher et al. 1985; Fried and
Ferris 1987).
Only a few studies have explored the link
between attributes of jobs and satisfaction in
a broad, multi-industr y, data set. The pres-
ent study, along with Bauer (2004), Clark
(1999), Kalmi and Kauhanen (2005), and
Ramsay, Scholarios, and Harley (2000), is
among the first to extend the literature in
this way. Both Kalmi and Kauhanen (2005)
and Ramsay, Scholarios, and Harley (2000)
also contrasted opposing hypotheses on how
involvement might relate to job satisfaction.
The data used in these prior papers did not
allow the authors to consider the direction of
causality, however. Our study uses a linked,
longitudinal dataset that allows us to bet-5Karasek (1979)
argued that autonomy can mediate
job strain even when the job imposes heavy demands.
Campion and McClelland (1993) distinguished
“knowledge enlargement” from “task enlargement”
10. and found that only the latter is associated with lower
job satisfaction.
6Other authors have looked at case studies. See, for
example, Griffin (1991) or Jones and Kato (2005).
278 INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW
ter control for other wise unobser ved firm
characteristics and to test for the presence
of self-selection.
Analytical Strategy
In order to study the relationship between
involvement and job satisfaction, we follow
Clark and Oswald (1996) in treating job
satisfaction, s, as a function that depends
on pay, benefits, and a variety of other fac-
tors. We therefore define an individual’s job
satisfaction as
(1) s = s(y, h, i, j),
where y represents a vector of variables
describing pay and benefits, h is hours of
work, and i and j represent individual and
job characteristics, respectively. Job charac-
teristics include features of high-involvement
work design, and statistically significant coef-
ficients on these variables would indicate an
association between high-involvement work-
places and satisfaction. In order to estimate
equation (1), we must assume that measures
11. of satisfaction are comparable across individu-
als; this assumption is commonly made in
the psychology literature but is uncommon
among economists.
Estimation of equation (1) poses some
specific econometric issues. For example,
in order to control adequately for y, we con-
trol not only for wages, but also for a range
of benefits, and several forms of incentive
pay. Estimation of the last two variables, i
and j, is particularly difficult. Although we
control for many traits of both workers and
workplaces, our results might be biased if
unobser vable characteristics are correlated
with both job satisfaction and the regressors.
One such example is management style. It
may be that working for an effective manager
increases a worker’s job satisfaction and that
effective managers employ techniques like
job rotation and frequent feedback. Thus,
some part of the effect of these variables on
job satisfaction might in fact be the effect of
management style on job satisfaction, biasing
the result.
We can mitigate this potential source of
bias in two ways. First, because we use linked
employee-employer data, we can control for
several such characteristics of the employee’s
workplace in cross-sectional estimates. One
sur vey asks employees about the characteris-
tics of their jobs, including the frequency with
which they participate in high-involvement
work practices such as suggestion programs,
12. teams, job rotation, and information sharing.
A separate sur vey asks employers if they use,
“on a formal basis,” these same work practices
at the establishment. Employer and employee
responses differ. Even if an employer has a
formal program implementing some work
organization practice, this does not mean that
all sur veyed workers will hold jobs employing
this practice. Likewise, particular jobs may
include features of involvement, even without
a formal program at the establishment. We
include the employer responses in our esti-
mations to allow us to control for aspects of
management style that might be correlated
with the involvement variables. If an estima-
tion of equation (1) erroneously captures
the unobser ved management style, then we
would expect that effect to disappear when
we control for the organizational practices
of the firm.
Alternatively, since multiple workers are
sur veyed in most establishments, we can
control for workplace characteristics by in-
cluding establishment fixed effects in equa-
tion (1), which controls for unobser vable
establishment characteristics that affect all
workers equally within the same workplace.
Although this method controls for more
potential workplace characteristics, it has two
weaknesses. First, we cannot identify which
specific workplace features correlate with
satisfaction. Second, within-establishment
variation in satisfaction is much smaller, re-
sulting in reduced explanator y power. We
estimate the model using both methods.
13. Our analytical strategy also addresses a
number of other potential issues. For ex-
ample, the data indicate that those employees
who report participation in high-involvement
work design typically participate in more
than one high-involvement program, which
makes it difficult to disentangle the individual
effects of involvement practices. Therefore,
we also estimate equation (1) first using a
single additive index of the number of high-
involvement practices, and then using three
HIGH-INVOLVEMENT WORK DESIGN AND JOB
SATISFACTION 279
separate indicators for whether the employee
participates in only one, two to three, or
four or more practices. These approaches
give perspective on the overall relationship
between high-involvement practices and sat-
isfaction, and the indicator variables allow us
to identify evidence of non-linearities: the
association between additional involvement
and satisfaction may var y as the amount of
involvement varies.
Another possibility, related to non-lineari-
ties, is that the association between involve-
ment and satisfaction differs for certain
subsets of the data. For example, workers
might find small amounts of involvement
desirable, but associate larger amounts of
participation with increased work intensity.
14. To check for this, we estimate our model on
a subset of “involved” workers. The relation-
ship between satisfaction and involvement
may also differ for unionized workers. If
workers opt to join unions in part due to con-
cerns about work intensity and scope, then
we may see a negative relationship between
participator y practices and job satisfaction
in this subsample. Therefore, we also com-
pare unionized workers to their non-union
counterparts.
As an additional check on the robust-
ness of our results, we test the association
between high-involvement work design and
alternative measures of worker outcomes.
The literature on intensification argues that
involvement might be detrimental to workers,
and it suggests that these negative outcomes
might appear more broadly than could be
picked by a narrowly defined measure of job
satisfaction. Therefore we identify additional
worker outcomes, like days of paid sick leave
taken, expressing a desire to reduce hours
worked due to work-related stress, or filing
a grievance, and test whether these broader
measures are associated with participation
in high-involvement practices.
All of the estimations described so far
rely on cross-sectional data. These results
therefore do not indicate causality, which
may run in either direction. Unfortunately,
our data, which follow each of two cohorts
of workers for two years, allow us neither to
fully identify the direction of causality nor
15. to disentangle the reasons causality might
run in a particular direction. For 26% of
individuals, neither the number of involve-
ment practices nor job satisfaction varies
in the two-year period. Nonetheless, the
longitudinal aspects of the data do provide
some information. Therefore, the final task
undertaken by our analytical strategy is to look
for evidence on the direction of causality. To
do this, we first estimate
(2) s
2
= s(y
1
, h
1
, i
1
, j
1
, s
1
, t),
where the subscript 1 (2) indicates the first
(second) year of the two-year panel, and t is
a cohort indicator. This estimation measures
the relationship between participating in
high-involvement work in the first year and
16. satisfaction in the second year, controlling
for unobser ved worker characteristics that
affect satisfaction. Intuitively, this is akin to
measuring whether participation is associated
with changes in satisfaction. Identification
comes from those who change satisfaction
between the two panel years. To look for
evidence that causality runs in the other
direction, we then estimate for each of the
participation variables, j,
(3) j
2
= j(y
1
, h
1
, i
1
, s
1
, j
1
, t),
Similar to equation (2), this measures wheth-
er satisfaction in the first year is associated
with changes in participation between the
first and second panel years, with identifica-
tion coming from those whose participation
changes between the two years.
17. Data
Our data are from the 1999–2002 Canadian
Workplace and Employee Sur vey (WES),
a linked file that contains both employer
and employee segments.7 The longitudinal
employer sample followed establishments
for the entire time frame, adding new estab-
lishments in 2001 to replace those that had
left the sample. The sample was drawn by
stratified random sampling from Canada’s
Business Register, and covered all employers
7The WES user’s guide (Statistics Canada 2004)
provides a more detailed description of the data, and
Kreps et al. (1999) provide a full description of the
development and use of this sur vey.
280 INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW
with paid employees, with the exception of
those in the Yukon, Nunavut, and Northwest
Territories, and those in crop and animal
production, fishing, hunting, trapping, pri-
vate households, religious organizations, and
public administration. To collect these data,
sur vey administrators identified and inter-
viewed one or more contact persons at each
establishment, either in person or through
a computer-assisted telephone inter view.
Response rates were high: over 90% in 1999
and 2000, falling to around 85% thereafter.
The resulting samples comprised around
18. 6,000 establishments each year.
Employees were followed for only two
years, with fresh samples drawn in 1999 and
2001. Up to 24 employees were randomly
sampled from lists provided by employers,
and then inter viewed by telephone. Re-
sponse rates were typically around 85%, with
modest attrition primarily due to employees
at continuing establishments leaving the
sample. For example, in 1999 the sample
contained 23,540 employees from 5,733
establishments. Of these, 20,167 employees
remained in 2000, with 86% of the loss due to
employee attrition (and the remainder due
to establishments leaving the sample). The
2001 sample contained 20,352 employees
in 5,274 establishments. By 2002, 16,815
remained, with 79% of the loss explained
through employee attrition.
The two datasets therefore allow us to pool
the 1999–2000 and the 2001–2002 employee
panels, with linked employer information.
This results in an unbalanced panel sample
of 43,892 employees, and a balanced panel
sample of 36,982 employees. Because full in-
formation about work organization practices
is limited to workplaces with more than 10
employees, we drop 7,515 employee obser-
vations from small employers. Some of the
remaining obser vations are missing crucial
demographic information or responses to
the job satisfaction questions. Therefore,
our estimations are based on approximately
25,000 employee obser vations.
19. Measures
The sur vey contains two measures of job
satisfaction: overall satisfaction, and satisfac-
tion with pay and benefits. We focus on the
former, which is measured by a four-point
Likert scale, with the four responses being
“1 = ver y dissatisfied,” “2 = dissatisfied,” “3 =
satisfied,” and “4 = ver y satisfied.” Workers
were most likely to report “satisfied,” and the
mean value for the full sample is 3.26.
Some estimations replace the dependent
variable job satisfaction with other worker
outcomes. From the employee sur vey, we
identify (1) workers who indicated that
they would prefer shorter working hours,
in part because of work-related stress, (2)
the number of paid sick-leave days taken by
the worker during the previous year, (3) at
workplaces with a formal grievance system,
workers who had initiated a formal grievance
or complaint, and (4) for workers who turned
down additional job training, those who did
so because they were “too busy with duties
on the job.” In addition, the establishment
sur vey provides (5) the quit rate. We choose
these specific additional variables because
they offer a robustness check on the satis-
faction results. These other outcomes may
indicate different ways of operationalizing
dissatisfaction with work.
Prior studies differ somewhat in their
20. definitions of “high involvement” and re-
lated concepts like “high performance” or
“employee involvement.” However, Handel
and Levine (2006:74) offered a consensus
definition, that “employee involvement
practices include job rotation, quality circles,
self-directed teams, and most implementa-
tions of total quality management, as well
as supportive practices such as enhanced
training and nontraditional compensation.”
Our measure of involvement closely matches
this description, but also includes suggestion
and information sharing programs. Includ-
ing these is consistent, for example, with Pil
and MacDuffie’s (1996) definition.
To operationalize this definition, we use
the section of the WES’s employee sur vey
entitled “Employee Participation,” which
asked respondents about the frequency
with which they participated in seven differ-
ent high-involvement workplace programs:
employee sur veys, employee suggestion
programs, information sharing programs, job
rotation/cross-training, labor-management
HIGH-INVOLVEMENT WORK DESIGN AND JOB
SATISFACTION 281
committees, quality circles, and self-directed
work groups. Employee sur veys and sugges-
tion programs measure bottom-up commu-
nication, either through general sur veys or
by generating (particularly through regular
21. meetings) specific suggestions regarding
“areas of work that may need improvement.”
Information sharing refers to top-down com-
munication “about overall workplace perfor-
mance, changes to workplace organization
or the implementation of new technology.”
The remaining four questions relate to the
organization of work, asking if workers partici-
pated in (1) “a job rotation or cross-training
program,” (2) “a team or circle concerned
with quality or work flow issues,” (3) “a team
or labour-management committee that is
concerned with a broad range of workplace
issues,” or (4) “a self-directed work group (or
semi-autonomous work group or mini-enter-
prise group).” To describe the frequency of
participation in four of the seven practices,
respondents could choose between “never,”
“occasionally,” or “frequently”; for the other
three practices, “always” was added as a fourth
possible response. We define seven dichoto-
mous variables, one for each practice, that
take a value of one if the respondent reported
participating at least “occasionally” and zero
other wise. Appendix Table A1 shows the
exact wording of all seven questions.
The 1999 and 2001 waves of the establish-
ment-level employer sample provide addi-
tional information about the organization
of work, the delegation of decision rights,
and incentive pay schemes in the worker’s
establishment. In these two years, the sur vey
asked if six different practices, which cor-
respond closely to six of the seven measures
we use to define high involvement, existed
22. “on a formal basis” at the workplace.8 In ad-
dition, the sur vey asked who (for example,
employees, work-groups, or super visors)
made decisions about 12 different activities,
like the planning of work, customer rela-
tions, staffing, and product development.
Finally, the employer sample includes data on
whether non-management employees were
eligible for productivity-related bonuses or
individual incentive pay, group incentive pay,
profit-sharing, or merit pay.
As described in the section on analytical
strategy, we use these establishment vari-
ables to control for other wise unobser ved
management practices. While this set of
control variables contains many items, it
can reasonably be viewed as consisting of
two groups of variables: those that directly
measure autonomy through the allocation of
decision rights, and those that relate more
broadly to the structures determining how
work is organized, in terms of both work
design and pay. Factor analysis allows us to
identify two common factors with Eigen val-
ues greater than one, confirming that such a
classification is appropriate. The first factor,
which we call “workplace decision rights,”
links most strongly to the 12 decision rights
variables. The second factor, which we call
“workplace organization,” loads most heavily
on the six work organization variables and
somewhat less on the pay measures. Appendix
Table A2 shows factor loadings. In addition
to the two factors, our control variables also
23. include another 31 different individual and
establishment characteristics, which we list
individually in Appendix Table A3.
Descriptive Statistics
Table 1 reports how overall satisfaction
levels var y according to seven characteristics
that we associate with high-involvement work
design. Recall that “satisfied” corresponds to
a value of 3 and “ver y satisfied” corresponds
to a value of 4; all the means presented in
the table fall in the range between these two
responses. Without exception, workers who
participated in any of the high-involvement
practices reported higher levels of satisfac-
tion, with the largest differences for those
who participated in suggestion programs,
task teams, and quality circles, and for those
who were informed about workplace changes.
The bottom portion of the table reports mean
satisfaction levels by specific demographic
and workplace characteristics. These data
include some variables not typically found
in other analyses. Training, a recent promo-
tion, and productivity-related bonuses all
were associated with increased satisfaction. 8Employers are not
asked about the use of sur veys.
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Undesirable hours, a disability, or an educa-
tion level that exceeded the level required
for the job were associated with decreased
24. satisfaction.
Table 2 reports descriptive statistics on our
measures of involvement. The first column
identifies the proportion of workers who
reported participating, at least occasionally,
in each the seven practices that we use to
measure high involvement. A substantial
fraction participated in each of the practices,
and considerable variation exists: only 17%
of workers reported participation in a task
team, whereas 69% of workers participated
in employee suggestion programs, and 80%
were informed about workplace changes.
Because we also use the responses from the
linked workplace sur vey, column (2) shows
the proportion of employees in the sample
who worked at an establishment that reported
having a formal workplace practice, or that
allowed workers to participate in one of the
twelve decisions. The fact that the numbers
on practices differ across the first two columns
is not surprising, and indeed is central to
our analytical strategy, which is based on the
hypothesis that the workplace controls in the
second column pick up otherwise unobserved
variation like management style. The dif-
ferences across columns on suggestion and
information sharing programs may indicate
that the actual use of these practices exceeded
what was done through formal programs.
Conversely, participation rates in quality
circles and task teams are consistent with the
idea that not all workers at a given establish-
ment would necessarily participate in such
25. practices. To highlight these differences, the
third and fourth columns look at employee
responses conditional on the employer’s
response. The proportions of employees
reporting participation were slightly higher
in workplaces that had implemented a formal
program than in other workplaces.
Table 2 also indicates that many workers
participated in multiple high-involvement
Table 1. Satisfaction Rates in the 1999 and 2001 WES.
Group of Workers Satisfaction Rate
All Workers 3.26
High-Involvement Variables Participating Non-Participating
Participate in Employee Sur vey 3.31 3.21
Participate in Suggestion Program 3.32 3.12
Participate in Job Rotation 3.32 3.24
Informed about Workplace Changes 3.31 3.07
Participate in Task Team 3.41 3.23
Participate in Quality Circle 3.39 3.21
Part of Self-Directed Workgroup 3.33 3.21
Other Characteristics Yes No
Received Classroom Training 3.34 3.20
Received Productivity-Related Bonus or Incentive Pay 3.28 3.25
Age below 35 3.19 3.28
Female 3.26 3.26
Married 3.29 3.20
With Disability 3.19 3.26
Covered by Union 3.21 3.29
Full-Time 3.26 3.21
Hours within 5 of Optimal 3.29 3.13
26. Language at Home Same as Language at Work 3.27 3.18
Promoted in Past Year 3.33 3.20
Bachelor’s Degree or Higher 3.31 3.25
Overeducated Relative to Job Requirements 3.24 3.27
Establishment with Fewer Than 250 Employees 3.25 3.28
Notes: Weighted means from pooled 1999 and 2001 data. The
satisfaction variable can take the value 1 (ver y
dissatisfied), 2 (dissatisfied), 3 (satisfied), or 4 (ver y
satisfied). Bold row numbers indicate statistically significant
differences at the 99% confidence level.
HIGH-INVOLVEMENT WORK DESIGN AND JOB
SATISFACTION 283
practices (bottom of first column), which
may make it hard to identify either the as-
sociation of individual practices with job
satisfaction or any interactions among dif-
ferent practices and their relation to satisfac-
tion. Table 3 shows the correlation among
key variables. The top portion of the table
shows a full correlation matrix for the seven
variables used to define high-involvement
work design. Several of the variables are
closely correlated. Therefore, in addition to
reporting estimations in which each variable
is entered separately, we will also present
results in which either an index or a series of
dummy variables captures information about
the number of high-involvement practices.
Several of our estimations exploit the fact that
we obser ve individuals twice. The bottom of
27. Table 3 identifies the proportion of workers
who reported a change in job satisfaction and
the number who reported a change in the
number of involvement practices. Although
the table indicates strong intertemporal cor-
relation, the data do show enough variation
to allow for estimations that base identifica-
tion on changes in satisfaction, changes in
participation, or both.
Full-Sample Results
Table 4 reports the results for five different
models that study the association between
high-involvement work design and job satis-
faction. Each of these models uses the full
Table 2. Use of High-Involvement Workplace Practices in the
1999 and 2001 WES.
Proportion of Employees:
Who Who
Participate, Participate,
In Workplace Conditional Conditional
Who with Formal on Formal on No Formal
Description Participate Program Program Program
Participate in Employee Sur vey .48
Participate in Suggestion Program .69 .36 .73 .66
Participate in Job Rotation .26 .24 .27 .26
Informed about Workplace Changes .80 .56 .84 .74
Participate in Task Team .17 .34 .19 .15
Participate in Quality Circle .26 .42 .26 .26
Part of Self-Directed Workgroup .38 .15 .45 .37
28. Workers Help Decide:
Planning of Daily Individual Work .48
Planning of Wkly Individual Work .40
Follow-Up of Results .22
Customer Relations .40
Quality Control .36
Purchase of Necessar y Supplies .41
Maintenance of Machiner y and Equipment .45
Setting Staffing Levels .04
Filling Vacancies .07
Training .23
Choice of Production Technology .11
Product/Ser vice Development .14
Proportion of Workers Participating in More Than
One High-Involvement Practice .80
Mean Number of High-Involvement Practices per
Worker 3.03
Number of Obser vations 23,211 25,502 Var. Var.
Note: weighted means from pooled 1999 and 2001 data. The
number of obser vations in rows of column (3)
range from 4,200 to 14,400, and in column (4) from 11,100 to
21,300.
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data sample of approximately 25,000 workers.
In addition, the table reports robust standard
errors, adjusting for multiple worker observa-
tions within the same establishment. Each
29. model also controls for a full set of worker
and workplace characteristics, including the
two workplace factors, representing decision
rights and work organization. The results for
the remaining control variables are shown in
Appendix Table A3.9
The models in Table 4 differ in terms of
the control variables used and in terms of how
high-involvement practices are measured.
The first four columns show coefficients
from ordered probit estimations of equation
(1), using population weights provided by
Statistics Canada to account for the stratified
sampling procedure. Model 1 controls only
for the worker and workplace characteristics
shown in Table A3. The participation vari-
ables generally are associated with increased
satisfaction. Coefficients on four of the seven
high-involvement variables—suggestion
programs, information sharing, teams, and
quality circles—are statistically significant at
the .05 level. Model 1 controls neither for
wages, incentive pay programs, and benefits
nor for the two workplace factors derived
from the employer portion of the survey. The
former might affect results if compensating
differentials offset the satisfaction (or dissat-
isfaction) associated with high-involvement
practices. The latter could have an effect if
unobser ved managerial style biases results.
Model 2 adds these controls.10 Ver y little
changes: exactly the same high-involvement
practices remain statistically significant, and
the coefficient estimates remain virtually
30. unchanged. Compensating differentials do
not appear, in general, to have equalized sat-
isfaction levels, and there is no evidence that
the original estimates erroneously captured
omitted workplace effects.
Our data indicate that those employees
who reported participation typically par-
ticipated in more than one program, which
makes it difficult to disentangle the individual
effects of involvement practices. Therefore,
Model 3 uses an additive index that counts
the number of high-involvement practices
used, and Model 4 allows for a nonlinear
relationship by splitting the index into three
indicator variables for participating in 1, 2–3,
or 4+ practices. These additive measures,
Table 3. Correlations.
Suggestion Job Task Quality Work
Program Rotation Informed Team Circle Group
Participate in Employee Sur vey .36 .17 .40 .17 .21 .23
Participate in Suggestion Program .26 .52 .24 .31 .29
Participate in Job Rotation .24 .11 .16 .14
Informed about Workplace Changes .21 .28 .31
Participate in Task Team .45 .25
Participate in Quality Circle .38
Number of High-Involvement Practices:
Satisfaction: Increased Decreased Remained Same
Increased .06 .04 .06
Decreased .05 .07 .07
31. Remained Same .20 .19 .26
9For a summar y of results from other studies using
similar variables, see Brown and McIntosh (2003). While
Table A3 reports only the coefficients from Model 2,
the coefficient estimates are remarkably stable across
models.
10With controls for the employer portion of the
sur vey, we would expect to produce more conser vative
estimates of the benefits of high-involvement work-
places. Collinearity between the control variable from
the workplace sur vey and the participation variable
from the employee sur vey may make the participation
variables appear less statistically significant. This would
be true even if satisfaction depended only on job, not
workplace, characteristics.
HIGH-INVOLVEMENT WORK DESIGN AND JOB
SATISFACTION 285
which are similar to those used by MacDuffie
(1995) and Osterman (2000), provide per-
spective on the overall association between
high-involvement practices and job satisfac-
tion. Furthermore, Model 4 indicates that,
as participation increases, the coefficients
become substantially larger and more statis-
tically significant—suggesting an increasing
nonlinear relationship.11
Model 5 takes advantage of the presence
of multiple employees at each establishment
to control for any remaining unobser vable
32. establishment characteristics that affect a
worker’s job satisfaction. This specification
includes establishment fixed effects. Since
ordered probit estimates are not generally
consistent when fixed effects are included,12
Table 4. Association between High-Involvement Work and Job
Satisfaction.
Variable Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Participate in Employee Sur vey .047 .036 –.013
(.033) (.037) (.037)
Participate in Suggestion Program .159*** .158*** .306***
(.035) (.039) (.040)
Participate in Job Rotation .048 .053 .101***
(.035) (.036) (.038)
Informed about Workplace Changes .258*** .252*** .298***
(.041) (.043) (.048)
Participate in Task Team .157*** .179*** .236***
(.045) (.047) (.048)
Participate in Quality Circle .130*** .135*** .223***
(.041) (.042) (.042)
Part of Self-Directed Workgroup .037 .017 .116***
(.036) (.037) (.037)
Additive Index of Workplace Practices .114***
(.011)
Participated in 1 Practice .146**
33. (.075)
Participated in 2–3 Practices .290***
(.068)
Participated in 4+ Practices .561***
(.070)
Workplace Organization Factor? NO YES YES YES YES
Workplace Decision Rights Factor? NO YES YES YES YES
Wage Control? NO YES YES YES YES
Worker Characteristics Controls? YES YES YES YES YES
Establishment Fixed Effects? NO NO NO NO YES
Pseudo R2 .047 .053 .051 .049 .001
Wald/LR Test 613.35 656.52 628.18 587.41 941.94
Number of Obser vations 25,502 23,211 23,211 23,211 26,094
Notes: All estimations include control variables for worker
characteristics. Columns (1)–(4) report ordered
probit coefficients (the dependent variable takes on four
possible values) and column (5) reports fixed effects logit
coefficients (collapsing the dependent variable into an indicator
for whether or not the respondent was “ver y satis-
fied”). Robust standard errors are in parentheses, controlling
for establishment clustering. Coefficient estimates
of the control variables are reported in the appendix.
*Statistically significant at the .10 level; **at the .05 level;
***at the .01 level.
11Ichniowski, Shaw, and Prennushi (1997) found
similar non-linearities in the link between adopting
such practices and productivity.
12See Greene (2004). In particular, the number of
obser vations within the group needs to be fairly large
34. for the estimates to be consistent.
286 INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW
we estimate a logit model. This requires us
to collapse the satisfaction measure into a
dichotomous variable taking the value of 1
for “ver y satisfied” and 0 other wise. In this
model, the four high-involvement practices
that were statistically significant in Models 1
and 2 remain so. In addition, participation
in job rotation or a self-directed workgroup
now also has a positive association with job
satisfaction. Including establishment fixed
effects reduces the amount of variation to be
explained by the model, resulting in a much
lower Pseudo-R2; however, the likelihood ratio
test indicates that the combined effect of the
variables is still statistically significant.
While we cannot infer causality from the
estimates in Table 4, the coefficients do imply
large marginal differences in satisfaction be-
tween those who participated and those who
did not. Table 5 simulates the probability of
a worker indicating a particular satisfaction
level conditional on participation in a given
practice (or not), controlling for all other
demographic and workplace characteristics.
These are predicted probabilities from the
second column of Table 4, evaluated at one
or zero for the participation variable, and at
the means of all other variables. Participating
in any one of the high-involvement practices
35. is associated with a much higher probability
of a worker reporting being “ver y satisfied”
relative to “satisfied.” For example, there
is a 38% probability that an average worker
who reported participating in a suggestion
program would be ver y satisfied, while a
similar worker who did not participate had
only a 26% probability of being ver y satis-
fied. Similarly, those who participated were
2–6% less likely to be dissatisfied and 1–2%
less likely to be ver y dissatisfied than those
who did not participate.
Results for Subsamples: Involved vs.
Less-Involved and Union vs. Non-Union
In aggregate, the results support the hy-
pothesis that involvement is positively associ-
ated with satisfaction. Suggestion programs,
information sharing, quality circles, and
task teams have a consistently positive and
statistically significant relationship with job
satisfaction. None of the results support the
view that involvement is linked to decreased
satisfaction: except for employee sur veys in
Model 5, even the statistically insignificant
variables have positive coefficients. We now
explore the possibility that the relationship
between high-involvement work practices
Table 5. Simulated Probabilities of Job Satisfaction
Conditional on (Not) Participating in High-Involvement
Practices.
Pr Pr Pr Pr(Ver y
36. Variable (Ver y Satisfied) (Satisfied) (Dissatisfied)
Dissatisfied)
Did (Not) Participate in Employee Sur vey .396 .538 .057 .009
(.312) (.586) (.085) (.017)
Did (Not) Participate in Suggestion Program .393 .541 .057)
.009
(.264) (.611) (.104) (.022)
Did (Not) Participate in Job Rotation .387 .543 .060 .010
(.338) (.571) (.077) (.014)
Was (Not) Informed about Workplace Changes .385 .547 .059
.009
(.222) (.627) (.123) (.028)
Did (Not) Participate in Task Team .480 .478 .037 .005
(.327) (.580) (.079) (.015)
Did (Not) Participate in Quality Circle .454 .498 .042 .006
(.316) (.586) (.082) (.016)
Was (Not) Part of Self-Directed Workgroup .402 .532 .056 .009
(.320) (.582) (.082) (.015)
Notes: Numbers in parentheses indicate the predicted
probability of the indicated level of satisfaction conditional
on not participating in the program. All estimations include
control variables for worker characteristics. Columns
report simulated effects for the ordered probit Model 2 in Table
4.
HIGH-INVOLVEMENT WORK DESIGN AND JOB
37. SATISFACTION 287
and satisfaction is weaker or even negative
in certain subsamples of the data. To do
this, we compare workers who participated
in many practices to those who did not, and
we compare unionized workers to non-union-
ized workers.
Table 6 divides the sample according to
the degree of involvement. We designate
an employee who reported participation
in more than two of the seven high-involve-
ment measures as “involved.”13 Estimating
the ordered probit of Table 4, column (2)
separately for these involved workers allows
us to further investigate the possibility of a
non-linear association between participatory
practices and satisfaction. For example, a
small amount of involvement might be associ-
ated with increased satisfaction, while heavy
involvement might not. Table 6 presents
no evidence for this, however. On the con-
trar y, the data for involved workers show an
even stronger positive relationship between
high-involvement practices and satisfaction
(in both size and significance) than do the
data for the full sample. The coefficient es-
timates for involvement practices are smaller
and less statistically significant in the “low-
involvement” subsample. These findings
are consistent with the results from Table 4,
column (4).
A second partition of the data, reported
38. in Table 7, identifies workers in unionized
establishments. If those workers who are
most averse to job intensification and job
enlargement attempt to protect themselves
from such adverse outcomes by joining a
workplace that is governed by a collective
bargaining agreement, then this subset of
data might reveal a different relationship be-
tween involvement and satisfaction. Although
several of the high-involvement practices
have smaller and less statistically significant
Table 6. Association between High-Involvement Work
Design and Job Satisfaction among Involved and Less-Involved
Workers.
Full Involved Less-Involved
Variable Sample Subsample Subsample
Participate in Employee Sur vey .036 .066 .016
(.037) (.051) (.073)
Participate in Suggestion Program .158*** .214*** .141**
(.039) (.059) (.059)
Participate in Job Rotation .053 .068 .070
(.036) (.043) (.078)
Informed about Workplace Changes .252*** .349*** .256***
(.043) (.080) (.053)
Participate in Task Team .179*** .191*** .089
(.047) (.048) (.197)
Participate in Quality Circle .135*** .133*** .149
(.042) (.044) (.171)
39. Part of Self-Directed Workgroup .017 .049 –.137
(.037) (.045) (.084)
Pseudo R2 .047 .047 .040
Wald Test 613.35 290.16 218.57
Number of Obser vations 25,502 14,208 9,003
Notes: Ordered probit coefficients (the dependent variable
takes on four possible values). High involvement is
defined as participation in more than two of the programs. The
models control for worker characteristics, wages,
and establishment workplace organization as in the second
column of Table 4. Robust standard errors are in pa-
rentheses, controlling for establishment clusters.
*Statistically significant at the .10 level; **at the .05 level;
***at the .01 level.
13The cutoff value is arbitrarily chosen, but results
are not sensitive to choosing a slightly higher threshold,
or to using a combination of workplace and employee
responses to define high-involvement jobs.
288 INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW
coefficient estimates, there is no evidence
that high-involvement work practices, in gen-
eral, correlate with lower satisfaction for this
group. Three of the variables—suggestion
programs, information sharing, and qual-
ity circles—remain positive and significant,
at least at the 10% level, with coefficients
qualitatively similar to the corresponding
40. ones in the full sample. In contrast to the
full sample, task teams lose their statistical
significance, while participation in employee
sur veys becomes significant.
The Association between Involvement
and Other Worker Outcomes
Thus far, the cross-sectional results have
produced no evidence of a link between in-
volvement and dissatisfaction. None of the
estimations in Tables 4, 6, or 7 yields a single
statistically significant negative coefficient
on a high-involvement work design variable.
However, dissatisfaction that is not expressed
in a response to a general question about
overall job satisfaction may become apparent
in responses to more targeted questions, like
those about work-related stress or grievances.
Such questions offer an alternate way to
operationalize employee dissatisfaction and,
more broadly, offer insight into the degree to
which the results on job satisfaction extend
to related worker outcomes.
Table 8 shows the association between
high-involvement work design and other
worker outcomes, like work-related stress,
filing a grievance, and sick leave taken. Each
estimation includes the same set of control
variables as in the second column of Table
4. In aggregate, these data give only slight
support for the hypothesis that high-involve-
ment work is associated with negative worker
outcomes. Of the 35 coefficient estimates,
41. only three are positive and significant at the
5% level. Of these, one has a ver y small mar-
ginal effect, indicating only a small relation-
ship to the desire to reduce work hours. The
remaining two variables do indicate adverse
outcomes: workers who participated in a qual-
ity circle were more likely to file a grievance,
and workers who participated in a task team
Table 7. Association between High-Involvement Work
Design and Job Satisfaction in Union and Non-Union
Establishments.
Full Union Non-Union
Variable Sample Sample Sample
Participate in Employee Sur vey .036 .112** –.005
(.037) (.055) (.046)
Participate in Suggestion Program .158*** .110** .194***
(.039) (.058) (.050)
Participate in Job Rotation .053 .041 .059
(.036) (.057) (.046)
Informed about Workplace Changes .252*** .291*** .241***
(.043) (.063) (.058)
Participate in Task Team .179*** .057 .249***
(.047) (.073) (.062)
Participate in Quality Circle .135*** .111* .140***
(.042) (.066) (.053)
Part of Self-Directed Workgroup .017 –.018 .030
(.037) (.057) (.046)
42. Pseudo R2 .047 .049 .062
Wald Test 613.35 314.32 459.47
Number of Obser vations 25,502 8,432 14,779
Notes: Ordered probit coefficients (the dependent variable
takes on four possible values). The models control
for worker characteristics, wages, and establishment workplace
organization as in the second column of Table 4.
Robust standard errors are in parentheses, controlling for
establishment clusters.
*Statistically significant at the .10 level; **at the .05 level;
***at the .01 level.
HIGH-INVOLVEMENT WORK DESIGN AND JOB
SATISFACTION 289
were more likely to indicate that they lacked
the time for additional training.
Indicators of Causality
Although the estimations so far present
considerable evidence of a positive correla-
tion between involvement and satisfaction,
the limitations of a data set in which most of
the variation is cross-sectional preclude us
from drawing definitive conclusions about
causation. Nonetheless, we can use the two
consecutive obser vations of each worker to
look for indicators of the direction of causal-
ity. Table 9 represents the results of eight
separate estimations. The first estimation, at
43. the top of the table, tests equation (2). Since
the variables used in deriving the workplace
factor controls are only available for 1999 and
2001, this estimation controls for workplace
characteristics by including establishment
fixed effects in a logit, similar to the model in
column (5) of Table 4. A positive coefficient
on the lagged participation variables would
suggest that workers who participated in year
one were more likely to be very satisfied in year
two, conditional on their initial satisfaction
level. The results are striking: participation
does not seem to predict changes in satisfac-
tion. Nearly all the coefficient estimates are
statistically insignificant.
The bottom of Table 9 shows the results
of analyses seeking indicators of causality in
the opposite direction. This portion of the
table consists of seven different estimations
of equation (3), one for each measure of
high involvement, again estimated with fixed
effects ordered logits. These seven estima-
tions test whether job satisfaction in period
1 predicts participation in period 2 for a
given high-involvement practice, control-
ling for participation in the first period
(along with a full set of control variables and
establishment fixed effects). In this set of
estimations, job satisfaction is a statistically
significant predictor of participation for
six of the seven measures of high-involve-
ment work design. Satisfied workers were
significantly more likely than other workers
to increase participation in high-involve-
44. Table 8. Association between High-Involvement Work Design
and Other Worker Outcomes.
Reduce No Time Establishment
Hours Days Filed for Quit
Variable (Stress) Absent Grievance Training Rate
Participate in Employee Sur vey .0001 .722* –.012 –.049 .014*
(.001) (.392) (.012) (.043) (.008)
Participate in Suggestion Program .003** –.393 –.017 .019 .004
(.001) (.552) (.013) (.044) (.008)
Participate in Job Rotation –.002 –.307 .012 –.053 .009
(.001) (.219) (.014) (.041) (.008)
Informed about Workplace Changes –.003** .342 –.009 .088 –
.013
(.003) (.373) (.016) (.062) (.009)
Participate in Task Team –.003** –.308 .007 .114** –.008
(.001) (.367) (.015) (.052) (.010)
Participate in Quality Circle .003* –.229 .036** –.022 .012
(.002) (.344) (.017) (.048) (.010)
Part of Self-Directed Workgroup –.001 .245 –.016 .074 –.003
(.001) (.502) (.012) (.039) (.007)
R2 or Pseudo R2 .257 .024 .038 .069 .096
Wald Test 348.88 — 147.08 84.25 —
Number of Obser vations 23,211 23,211 14,009 2,673 23,211
Notes: Columns (1), (3), and (4) report probit marginal effects.
45. Columns (2) and (5) report OLS coefficients.
The models control for worker characteristics, wages, and
establishment workplace organization as in the second
column of Table 3. Robust standard errors are in parentheses,
controlling for establishment clusters.
*Statistically significant at the .10 level; **at the .05 level;
***at the .01 level.
290 INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW
ment practices. To our knowledge, this is
the first paper to present evidence of this
form of selection bias in such a wide-rang-
ing sample. As Wright et al. (2005) docu-
mented, causality has received insufficient
attention in the prior literature on human
resource practices, so the results presented
here indicate that endogenous participation
variables may cast doubt on the implications
inferred by researchers in a number of prior
cross-sectional studies.
Given this evidence of selection bias, we use
our final estimations to investigate whether
the cross-sectional association between satis-
faction and involvement persists in a sample
that limits the possibility for self-selection.
To do this, we use organizational-level vari-
ables instead of the individual employee’s
reported participation. Table 10 presents
results from one such approach. We use the
mean participation variables of all employees
46. at that workplace, first individually (top of
table) or as an additive index (bottom of
table). While this aggregated organizational
measure, which gauges the degree to which a
participatory work environment is associated
with job satisfaction, may mitigate selection
bias, it also requires a tradeoff. The estima-
tions reported in Table 10 no longer directly
control for unobser ved workplace charac-
teristics like management style, and using
organizational aggregates also introduces
noise. The results produce large standard
errors and, for the most part, statistically
insignificant coefficients, meaning that it
is no longer possible to identify the rela-
tionship between particular measures of
involvement and satisfaction. However, the
composite measure, the average number of
programs reported per worker at a given
Table 9. Indicators of Causality.
Type of Involvement Ver y Satisfied (Year 2)
Participate in Employee Sur vey (Year 1) .050
(.040)
Participate in Suggestion Program (Year 1) .032
(.042)
Participate in Job Rotation (Year 1) .003
(.040)
Informed about Workplace Changes (Year 1) –.004
(.051)
47. Participate in Task Team (Year 1) .181*
(.051)
Participate in Quality Circle (Year 1) –.014
(.045)
Part of Self-Directed Workgroup (Year 1) –.036
(.039)
LR Test 3688.79
Number of Obser vations 21,899
Year 1
Self-
Employment Suggestion Job Task Quality Directed
Sur vey Program Rotation Informed Team Circle Workgroup
Ver y Satisfied Year 2 .116*** .161*** .030 .225*** .212***
.164*** .087***
(.035) (.037) (.036) (.046) (.044) (.037) (.035)
LR Test 1,403 1,794 1,413 1,061 1,939 2,411 2,338
Obser vations 21,160 21,306 20,947 15,957 17,319 20,618
22,162
Notes: The table reports fixed effects logit estimations
(collapsing the dependent variable into an indicator for
whether or not the respondent was “ver y satisfied”), with
control variables for worker characteristics, as well as the
year-one value of the dependent variable. Robust standard
errors are in parentheses, controlling for establishment
clustering.
*Statistically significant at the .10 level; **at the .05 level;
48. ***at the .01 level.
HIGH-INVOLVEMENT WORK DESIGN AND JOB
SATISFACTION 291
establishment, is positive and statistically
significant; at least some of the cross-sec-
tional association between involvement and
satisfaction persists when measured at the
organizational level.
Discussion
We have used a rich, linked data set to inves-
tigate the relationship between high-involve-
ment jobs and employee satisfaction. Our
cross-sectional results indicate that suggestion
programs, information sharing, teams, and
quality circles all were positively associated
with job satisfaction, and the coefficients
imply large marginal effects. Similar results
hold for the specific subset of unionized
workers. Even among workers who were
already participating in high-involvement
jobs, additional participator y practices were
positively related to job satisfaction.
These cross-sectional results are consistent
with the results of other studies that have
used broad, multi-industr y datasets from
Australia (Drago 1996), the United Kingdom
(Ramsay, Scholarios, and Harley 2000), and
Finland (Kalmi and Kauhenen 2005). All of
the authors of those studies hypothesized, as
49. we do, that involvement might either benefit
or harm workers. Drago (1996), using the
Australian Workplace and Industrial Rela-
tions Survey, showed that both “transformed”
and “disposable” workplaces use participatory
practice more frequently than “traditional”
workplaces do. “Transformed” workplaces
are positively associated with outcomes like
job security or promotion opportunities,
while “disposable” workplaces are not. Ram-
say, Scholarios, and Harley (2000), using the
Workplace and Employee Relations Sur vey,
found that high-performance work systems
are associated with both increased commit-
ment and increased job strain. Kalmi and
Kauhenen (2005), using the Finnish Quality
of Work Life Sur vey, provided direct tests of
the association between involvement and
satisfaction. Their results, like ours, show a
positive relationship between participator y
jobs and job satisfaction and no consistent
relationship with job strain.
While the cross-sectional results confirm
other findings and contribute to our un-
derstanding of the link between workplace
practices and job satisfaction, our additional
estimations point to a number of research
extensions. For example, our measures of
additional worker outcomes suggest that fu-
ture research can better consider the broader
question of whether involvement benefits
workers. Job satisfaction measures only one
aspect of that question. While some stud-
ies have looked at outcome measures, like
50. wages, employment security, or safety (see
Handel and Levine 2006 for a sur vey), our
work expands this list. Actions like turning
down training, missing work, filing griev-
ances, or reporting significant job-related
Table 10. Association between
High-Involvement Work Design
and Job Satisfaction, Using an
Organizational Participation Aggregate.
Percent of Workers in the Workplace Who: Coeff.
Participate in Employee Sur vey –.001
(.065)
Participate in Suggestion Program .181**
(.081)
Participate in Job Rotation –.096
(.071)
Informed about Workplace Changes .260***
(.085)
Participate in Task Team .181*
(.103)
Participate in Quality Circle .099
(.088)
Part of Self-Directed Workgroup .019
(.071)
Number of Obser vations 23,211
51. Wald Test 446.3
Pseudo R2 .040
Average Number of Programs Workers .094***
in the Workplace Participate in (.018)
Number of Obser vations 23,211
Wald Test 417.7
Pseudo R2 .038
Notes: Ordered probit coefficients (the dependent
variable takes on four possible values). Both models
control for worker characteristics, wages, and establish-
ment workplace organization, as in the third column
of Table 3. Robust standard errors are in parentheses,
controlling for establishment clusters.
*Statistically significant at the .10 level; **at the .05
level; ***at the .01 level.
292 INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW
Table A1
Wording of Survey Questions Used to Define High-Involvement
Job Design
Instructions: Although a program or policy may exist
somewhere in your workplace, we are only interested in
those that apply directly to you. If the answer to any of
questions 31 (a) to 31 (d) is “always”, answer “frequently”.
31 (a) How frequently are you asked to complete employee sur
veys? (Never – Occasionally – Frequently)
52. 31 (b) How frequently do you participate in an employee
suggestion program or regular meetings in which you
offer suggestions to your superiors regarding areas of work that
may need improvement? (Never – Occasionally
– Frequently)
31 (c) How frequently do you participate in a job rotation or
cross-training program where you work or are
trained on a job with different duties than your regular job?
(Never – Occasionally – Frequently)
31 (d) How frequently are you informed (through meetings,
newsletters, e-mail or Internet) about overall
workplace performance, changes to workplace organization or
the implementation of new technology? (Never
– Occasionally – Frequently)
31 (e) How frequently do you participate in a task team or
labour-management committee that is concerned
with a broad range of workplace issues? Note: Task teams and
labour-management committees make recom-
mendations to line managers on such issues as safety, quality,
scheduling, training and personal development
programs. (Never – Occasionally – Frequently – Always)
31 (f) How frequently do you participate in a team or circle
concerned with quality or work flow issues? (Never
– Occasionally – Frequently – Always)
31 (g) How frequently are you part of a self-directed work
group (or semi-autonomous work group or mini-
enterprise group) that has a high level of responsibility for a
particular product or ser vice area? In such sys-
tems, part of your pay is normally related to group performance.
(Self-directed work groups:
53. • Are responsible for production of a fixed product or ser vice,
and have a high degree of autonomy in how
they organize themselves to produce that product or ser vice.
• Act almost as “businesses within businesses.”
• Often have incentives related to productivity, timeliness and
quality.
• While most have a designated leader, other members also
contribute to the organization of the group’s
activities.)
(Never – Occasionally – Frequently – Always)
stress may signal negative outcomes that do
not appear in broader measures like wages
or turnover.
Perhaps most important, our additional es-
timations indicate that selection may explain
a portion of the strong positive correlation
between involvement and job satisfaction.
Satisfied workers are more likely to increase
participation in high-involvement practices,
but participation does not predict future
increases in satisfaction. This result suggests
that a range of studies linking involvement
with satisfaction may partially reflect selec-
tion bias. Our empirical finding does not
definitively assign causality, however; we do
not obser ve a natural experiment. There-
fore, it is important to individually identify
and study various potential sources of bias.
Do satisfied and less satisfied workers dif-
fer in the way they describe their jobs? Do
satisfied workers volunteer to participate in
involvement programs? Are managers more
54. likely to ask satisfied workers to participate in
involvement programs? Do overall levels of
morale affect managers’ choice of whether or
not to introduce new involvement schemes?
Answers to these questions, particularly if
supported with evidence from broad, multi-
industr y data sets, will considerably advance
the effort to identify causal links in the as-
sociation between job satisfaction and high-
involvement work design.
HIGH-INVOLVEMENT WORK DESIGN AND JOB
SATISFACTION 293
Table A2
Factor Loadings of Workplace Control Variables
Establishment Sur vey
Factor 1: Factor 2:
Variable Decision Rights Workplace Organization
Workers help decide planning of daily individual work .663 –
.238
Workers help decide planning of weekly individual work .670 –
.273
Workers help decide on follow-up of results .547 –.182
Workers help decide on customer relations .521 –.154
Workers help decide on quality control .572 –.066
Workers help decide on purchase of necessar y supplies .434 –
.144
Workers help decide on maintenance of machiner y and
equipment .433 –.076
Workers help decide on setting staffing levels .318 –.092
55. Workers help decide on filling vacancies .342 –.052
Workers help decide on training .472 –.072
Workers help decide on choice of production technology .436 –
.090
Workers help decide on product/ser vice development .455 –
.070
Employee suggestion program .218 .415
Information sharing .383 .512
Flexible job design .256 .375
Problem-solving teams .363 .475
Joint labor-management committees .223 .329
Self-directed work groups .317 .335
Individual incentive pay .095 .073
Gainsharing .140 .180
Profit-sharing .103 .118
Merit pay .182 .148
Obser vations 26,641
Notes: The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling accuracy
for the 22 variables exceeds .81, indicating that
the variables have enough in common to merit factor analysis.
We retain the first two factors, both of which have
Eigen values exceeding 1.
294 INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW
Table A3
Association of Worker and Workplace Characteristics with Job
Satisfaction
Variable Coefficient Standard Error
Tenure –.004 (.002)
56. Experience –.002 (.006)
Experience2/100 .025* (.013)
Female .023 (.037)
Married .023 (.038)
Has Children .083*** (.036)
Covered by Union –.015 (.038)
High School Only .126*** (.048)
Bachelor’s Degree –.145*** (.050)
Advanced Degree .083 (.078)
Home Language Not Work Language –.123*** (.055)
Disability That Limits Work Activities –.038 (.091)
Education Exceeds That Required for Job –.043 (.041)
Received Classroom Training within Prior Year .053 (.034)
Hours per Week –.008*** (.003)
Would Prefer ± 5 Hours –.304*** (.043)
Overtime Hours .077 (.050)
Uses a Computer on the Job .070 (.045)
Works Late Shift –.105 (.071)
Promoted within the Last Year .109*** (.038)
Manager .031 (.115)
Professional –.110 (.101)
Technical/Trade Worker –.095 (.092)
Marketing/Sales Worker — —
Clerical/Administrative .008 (.096)
Production Worker with No Trade –.115 (.102)
Natural Log of Hourly Wage .271*** (.053)
Year 2001 –.075** (.033)
Workplace Characteristics
Number of Employees/100 .001 (.001)
Vacancy Rate –.101 (.212)
Many Competitors –.039 (.040)
Decision Rights Factor .020 (.016)
Workplace Organization Factor –.036* (.021)
57. Notes: Ordered probit coefficients from model in column 2 of
Table 3. Robust standard errors in parentheses,
controlling for establishment clusters.
*Statistically significant at the .10 level; **at the .05 level;
***at the .01 level.
HIGH-INVOLVEMENT WORK DESIGN AND JOB
SATISFACTION 295
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