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High-Performance Work Practices and Core Employee Wages

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  • Francesca Sgobbi
  • 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).)

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.

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  • Francesca Sgobbi & Gian Carlo Cainarca, 2015. "High-Performance Work Practices and Core Employee Wages," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 68(2), pages 426-456, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:68:y:2015:i:2:p:426-456
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    1. Flores-Fillol, Ricardo & Iranzo, Susana & Mane, Ferran, 2017. "Teamwork and delegation of decisions within the firm," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 1-29.
    2. Riccardo Leoni & Paola Gritti, 2017. "Institutional Wage Setting, Distinctive Competencies and Wage Premia," Italian Economic Journal: A Continuation of Rivista Italiana degli Economisti and Giornale degli Economisti, Springer;Società Italiana degli Economisti (Italian Economic Association), vol. 3(1), pages 71-111, March.

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