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The Design of Employee Participation Groups: Guidelines Based on Empirical Research

This paper by Susan A. Mohrman and G. Ledford, Jr. explores the importance of various design features in employee participation programs.

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Transference and Countertransference in Action Research Relationships

Gerald Ledford, Jr. explores transference and countertransference, two concepts from the psychotherapeutic literature, and their relevance to action research relationships is considered.

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Parallel Participation Structures: The Case of Quality Circles

This paper by Susan A. Mohrman and Edward E. Lawler III examines the typical life cycle of one kind of parallel organization, the Quality Circle. It makes the point that such structures tend to be unstable precisely because they are parallel.

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The New Pay

This paper by Edward E. Lawler III reviews the implications of new approaches to management for pay practices. It suggests that pay needs to be administered very differently in the future.

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Job-Person Dynamics and Career Development

The objective of this paper by Kenneth R. Brousseau is to explore the ways in which work can be utilized for developmental purposes.

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Doing Research: The Case of Organizational Design

T. Cummings, Susan A. Mohrman, A. Mohrman, Jr., and G. Ledford, Jr. present a framework for understanding
a research approach with organizations that are designing and redesigning themselves to adapt to rapid and fundamental societal changes.

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The Impact of Information Systems Technology on Organizations: A Review of Theory and Research

This paper by A. Mohrman, Jr. and Edward E. Lawler III reviews the results of recent studies on the impact of office-oriented information technologies.

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Education, Management Style & Organizational Effectiveness

Edward E. Lawler III examines the relationship between education, management style, and organizational effectiveness.

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Utilization of Organizational Behavior Knowledge: The Improbable Task

This paper by Warren G. Bennis and Joseph DeBell aims to outline and evaluate the major interventions used to apply behavioral science to improving organizational effectiveness.

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Gainsharing: Some Questions and Fewer Answers

The experience of 33 organizations with gainsharing programs is reviewed and summarized in this paper by R. Bullock and Edward E. Lawler III.

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Quality Circles — A Self-Destruct Approach?

Edward E. Lawler III and Susan A. Mohrman review the stages of quality circle development and enumerate threats to their continued existence.

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Creating Useful Research With Organizations: Relationships and Process Issues

Susan A. Mohrman, Thomas Cummings, and Edward E. Lawler III explain that concern about the usefulness of organizational research exists in both the academic and practitioner communities.

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