Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207353 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12527
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
high performance work systems
public sector
organizational commitment
intrinsic job satisfaction
well-being
JEL: 
I31
J45
M5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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