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SEMI‐AUTONOMOUS WORK GROUPS AND THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION

1982; Wiley; Volume: 19; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1467-6486.1982.tb00109.x

1467-6486

Colin Carnall,

Family Business Performance and Succession

Journal of Management StudiesVolume 19, Issue 3 p. 277-294 SEMI-AUTONOMOUS WORK GROUPS AND THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION C. A. Carnall, Corresponding Author C. A. Carnall The Management College, Henley-on-Thames.Address for reprints:Dr. C. A. Carnall, The Management College, Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon. RG93AU, England.Search for more papers by this author C. A. Carnall, Corresponding Author C. A. Carnall The Management College, Henley-on-Thames.Address for reprints:Dr. C. A. Carnall, The Management College, Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon. RG93AU, England.Search for more papers by this author First published: July 1982 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.1982.tb00109.xCitations: 21AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL References Birchall, D. W. (1976). ' Autonomous work groups in manufacture. Unpublished paper, The Management College, Henley. Birchall, D. W., Carnall, C. A. and Wild, R. (1978a). A Survey of Experiences with New Forms of Work Organization Commissioned by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin. Birchall, D. W., Carnall, C. A. and Wild, R. (1978b). 'The development of group working in biscuit manufacture. Personnel Review, 7, 2, 40– 79. Bolweg, J. F. (1976). Job Design and Industrial Democracy. Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff. Carby, K. (1976). Job Redesign in Practice. London : Institute of Personnel Management. Clegg, C. W. (1979). 'The process of job redesign: signposts from a theoretical orphanage. Human Relations, 32, 12, 999– 1022. Cooper, C. L. and Mumford, E. (1979). The Quality of Working Life in Western and Eastern Europe. London : Associated Business Press. Elden, J. M. (1981). 'Political efficacy at work. American Political Science Review, 75, 1, 43– 58. Emery, F. E. (1959). ' Characteristics of socio-technical systems. Document 527, Tavistock Institute of Human Relations. Emery, F. E. and Thorsrud, E. (1976). Democracy at Work. Leiden : Martinus Nijhoff. Fensham, P. J. and Hooper, D. (1964). The Dynamics of a Changing Technology. London : Tavistock. Glaser, E. M., Izard, C. E. and Chenery, M. F. (1976). Improvement in the Quality of Work Life and Productivity. Los Angeles : Human Interaction Research Institute. Gouldner, A. W. (1970). The Coming Crisis of Western Sociology. New York : Basic Books. Gulowsen, J. (1972). ' A measure of work group autonomy'. In L. E. Davis and J. C. Taylor (Eds.), Design of Jobs. Harmondsworth : Penguin. Hackman, J. R. (1975). 'Is job enrichment just a fad Harvard Business Review, 53, 5, 129– 38. Herbst, P. G. (1974). Socio-Technical Design. London : Tavistock. Hull, D. A. (1978). Shop Stewards Guide to Work Organization. Nottingham : Spokesman Books. Kelly, J. E. (1978). 'A reappraisal of socio-technical systems theory. Human Relations, 31, 12, 1069– 99. Larsen, E. (1979). ' Quality of working life experiments in Denmark'. In C. L. Cooper and E. Mumford (Eds.), The Quality of Working Life in Western and Eastern Europe. London : Associated Business Press. Miller, E. J. (1975). 'Socio-technical systems in weaving, 1953–1970: a follow-up systems. Human Relations, 28, 4, 349– 86. Nichols, T. and Benyon, H. (1978). Living with Capitalism. Class Relations in the Modern Factory. London : Routledge and Kegan Paul. Peel, J. (1979). ' European trades unions and the quality of working life'. In C. L. Cooper and E. Mumford (Eds.), The Quality of Working Life in Western and Eastern Europe. London : Associated Business Press. Rice, A. K. (1958). Productivity and Social Organisation: The Ahmedabad Experiment. London : Tavistock. Sayles, L. (1958). Behavior of Industrial Work Groups: Prediction and Control. New York : Wiley. Susman, G. I. (1976). Autonomy at Work. New York : Praeger. Trist, E. L., Higgin, G. W., Murray, H. and Pollock, A. B. (1963). Organisational Choice. London : Tavistock. Trist, E. L., Susman, G. I. and Brown, G. R. (1977). 'An experiment in autonomous working in an American underground coal mine. Human Relations, 30, 3, 201– 36. Walton, R. (1975). 'The diffusion of new work structures: explaining why success didn't take. Organizational Dynamics, 3, 3, 2– 22. Wild, R. and Birchall, D. W. (1975). 'Job design and work organization. Occupational Psychology, 48, 3, 169– 77. Citing Literature Volume19, Issue3July 1982Pages 277-294 ReferencesRelatedInformation