Human Resource Management and Productivity / Nicholas Bloom, John Van Reenen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bloom, Nicholas.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Van Reenen, John.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w16019.

NBER working paper series no. w16019

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2010.

Summary:

In this handbook of labor economics chapter we examine the relationship between Human Resource Management (HRM) and productivity. HRM includes incentive pay (individual and group) as well as many non-pay aspects of the employment relationship such as matching (hiring and firing) and work organization (e.g. teams, autonomy). We place HRM more generally within the literature on management practices and productivity. We start with some facts on levels and trends of both HRM and productivity and the main economic theories of HRM. We look at some of the determinants of HRM - risk, competition, ownership and regulation. The largest section analyses the impact of HRM on productivity emphasizing issues of methodology, data and results (from micro-econometric studies). We conclude briefly with suggestions of avenues for future frontier work.

Notes:

Print version record

May 2010.