An edition of Worker Participation (2002)
Worker Participation
Lessons from the Workers Co-Ops of the Pacific Northwest
By John Pencavel
Publish Date
February 2002
Publisher
Russell Sage Foundation Publications
Language
eng
Pages
128
Description:
"Once they accept a job, most Americans have little control over their work environments. In Worker Participation, John Pencavel examines some of those rare workplaces where employees both own and manage the companies they work for: the plywood cooperatives and forest worker cooperatives of the Pacific Northwest. Rather than relying on abstract theories, Pencavel reviews the actual experiences of these two groups of worker co-ops. He focuses on how worker-owned companies perform when compared to more traditional firms, including whether companies operate more efficiently when workers determine how they are run. He also looks at the long-term viability of these enterprises and why they are so unusual."--BOOK JACKET.