International Motor Vehicle Program: Recent submissions
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International Trends in Work Organization in the Auto Industry: National-Level vs. Company-Level Perspectives
(1995-09)Changes in shop-floor work organization are a central part of broader changes in industrial relations in many industries around the world. In the automotive industry, the focus of this paper, international competition, ... -
What Does Transformation Mean to Workers? The Effects of the "New Industrial Relations" on Union Employees' Attitudes
(2002-09-04)The Chrysler-UAW Modern Operating Agreement (MOA) is a prototype for the "new industrial relations," establishing (through collective bargaining) reduced job classifications, shopfloor work teams, a pay-for-skills compensation ... -
From Fixed to Flexible: Automation and Work Organization Trends from the International Assembly Plant Survey
(1996)The paper is organized into seven sections. First, we define how we measure automation in the assembly plant study. Second, we describe the overall regional trends in the use of automation from 1989 to 1993/94. Third, ...
