The Impact of High-Performance Work Systems on Employees: A Sectoral Comparison

Michael White () and Alex Bryson
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Michael White: Policy Studies Institute

No 12527, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Using nationally representative linked employer-employee surveys of workplaces with 50 or more employees we find the adoption of High-Performance Work Systems (HPWS) in the private sector is largely positively correlated with employee job attitudes pre-recession. However, high intensity HPWS has partly adverse consequences for private sector employees in the post-recession period. In contrast, there are no indications of public sector employees responding positively or negatively to HPWS and HPWS is not associated with adverse effects post-recession. The sectoral difference in results is interpreted in terms of different employment relationships and different sources of employee motivation.

Keywords: high performance work systems; public sector; organizational commitment; intrinsic job satisfaction; well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 J45 M5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2019-08
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Forthcoming - published in: Labour, 2024, 38 (1), 102-121

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