Employee Involvement and Pay at US and Canadian Auto Suppliers
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We use survey data and eld research to investigate the effects of employee involvement practices on outcomes for blue-collar workers in the auto-supply industry. We nd these practices raise wages by 3–5%. The causal mechanism linking involvement and wages appears to be most consistent with efciency-wage theories, and least consistent with compensating differences. We nd no evidence that employee involvement affects plants’ survival or employment growth.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001