Who Benefits from Teams? Comparing Workers, Supervisors, and Managers

Who Benefits From Teams? Comparing Workers, Supervisors, and Managers

This paper offers a political explanation for the diffusion and sustainability of team-based work systems by examining the differential outcomes of team structures for 1200 workers, supervisors, and middle managers in a large unionized telecommunications company. Regression analyses show that participation in self-managed teams is associated with significantly higher levels of perceived discret...

Working in noise with a hearing loss: perceptions from workers, supervisors, and hearing conservation program managers.

OBJECTIVE Workers with hearing loss face special problems, especially when working in noise. However, conventional hearing conservation practices do not distinguish between workers with normal hearing versus impaired hearing. This study collected information from workers with self-reported noise exposure and hearing loss, supervisors of such workers, and hearing conservation program managers th...

The meaning of support from co- workers and managers in teams when working

Jungert, T. (2012). The meaning of support from co-workers and managers in teams when working. (FOG-Report no 72). Linköping: Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning (IBL), Linköping University. This report is part of a post-doc research project on factors that promote work motivation and occupational self-efficacy in organizations in Sweden and Canada. The purpose of this report was to...

Who Benefits from Religion?

Many studies have documented the benefits of religious involvement. Indeed, highly religious people tend to be healthier, live longer, and have higher levels of subjective well-being. While religious involvement offers clear benefits to many, in this paper we explore whether it may also be detrimental to some. Specifically, we examine in detail the relation between religious involvement and sub...

Who Benefits from Agglomeration?