TQO The Effects of Participatory Human Resource Management Practices on Productivity and Quality in the U.S. and Japanese Firms

本研究的重点是参与式人力资源管理(HRM)实践对可比较的美国和日本生产单位的生产率和产品质量的影响。它还考察了参与式人力资源管理做法在美国和日本被采用或不被采用的原因。重点将放在人力资源管理实践系统的影响上，而不是基于人力资源管理实践可能是互补的假设上的个别实践。这项研究将使用美国和日本23家不同公司拥有的可比钢铁生产线的详细数据，并通过亲自走访工厂收集数据。数据集将包括具体钢铁生产线上使用的具体人力资源管理做法的衡量标准，每条具体生产线的技术衡量标准，以及生产水平表现的衡量标准。这项研究还将包括对员工在工作中实际进行的活动的分析，如他们的时间日记▄所述，作为理解和解释人力资源管理实践对工作绩效影响的进一步手段。将收集纵向数据，以跟踪人力资源管理实践随时间推移的可持续性。参与这项研究的公司包括NKK America和Nippon Steel USA。

This study focuses on the effects of participatory human resource management (HRM) practices on productivity and product quality for comparable American and Japanese production units. It also examines the reasons why participatory HRM practices are or are not adopted in the United States and Japan. The emphasis will be on the effects of systems of HRM practices, rather than individual practices, based on the hypothesis that HRM practices are likely to be complementary. The study will use detailed data on comparable steel production lines owned by 23 different firms in the U.S. and Japan, with data collected through personal plant visits. The data set will include measures of specific HRM practices used on specific steel production lines, measures of technology for each specific production line, and measures of production-level performance. The study also will include analysis of activities workers actually perform on the job, as described in their _time diaries▄, as a further means of understanding and interpreting the effects of HRM practices on work performance. Longitudinal data will be gathered to track the sustainability of HRM practices over time. Companies participating in this study include NKK America and Nippon Steel USA.