This paper presents a review and classification of reported experiments in job design. The study is confined, in the main, to published experiments directed towards the improvement of the motivational content of blue‐collar jobs, and is intended principally to provide a reference source to...

Most of us have read and thought about job enlargement, job enrichment, job design and restructuring. Much has been said and written on these subjects, and perhaps we may now be forgiven if we are somewhat confused by the differences in methodology, terminology, perspectives, etc presented by...

The research group is collaborating with several industrial organizations in an action research programme aimed at examining the potential for improvements in the quality of the working life of shop‐floor employees and developing change programmes where appropriate.

The phenomenon of withdrawal from work has been the subject of numerous research studies, many of which have produced conflicting results. The variety of disciplines which have contributed to these studies has resulted in the lack of a common conceptual framework which makes it difficult to...

Operations managers are responsible for the design and operation of systems for manufacture, supply, transport and service. They are concerned primarily with physical resources and their deployment, the nature of the operating system, and the development and use of appropriate strategies for...