High-Performance Work Practices and Core Employee Wages

Francesca Sgobbi and Gian Carlo Cainarca
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Gian Carlo Cainarca: Francesca Sgobbi is Associate Professor of Organisation at the University of Brescia (I) and Research Fellow at DINAMIA-CET (ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, P). Gian Carlo Cainarca is Full Professor of Business Administration at the University of Genova (I).

ILR Review, 2015, vol. 68, issue 2, 426-456

Abstract: Past research has provided mixed evidence on the relationship between High-Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) and wages. Drawing from more than 1,800 interviews with the HR managers in a stratified sample of Italian manufacturing plants collected in 2008, the authors argue that the results are inconclusive unless the configurations of the HPWPs and the mechanisms underpinning employee involvement are taken into account. Their results show that HPWPs are associated with higher wages for core employees only when they align with an ideal type, and they result in higher wage equality only when they emphasize training, competence enhancement, and power delegation.

Keywords: high-performance work practices (HPWPs); wage level; wage inequality; manufacturing; plant; configurational approach; cluster analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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