In this 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

First Author: Ashenfelter, Orley C.; Card, David
Attributed to:  Centre for Economic Performance 2010-2015 funded by ESRC

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Bibliographic Information

Type: Book Chapter

Book Title: Handbook of Labor Economics: New Developments and Research on Labor Markets (2010)

Page Reference: 1697Ð1767

ISBN: 9780444534521