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The Effects of Productivity Enhancement: Some Community Views

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Lawson K. Savery
Affiliation:
School of Management, Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Labour Market Research Centre
Geoffrey N. Soutar
Affiliation:
School of Management, Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Labour Market Research Centre
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Abstract

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The need to improve workplace performance and productivity is a commonly expressed view. This paper reports on community perception of productivity. It suggests that workers’ negative perceptions regarding a distribution of the benefits of productivity may act as a barrier to productivity enhancement.

Type
Contemporary Issues and Developments
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1992

Footnotes

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The Authors would like to express their gratitude to the Western Australian Department of Productivity and Labour Relations (DOPLAR) for funding the study from which the data used in this paper were collected. The views expressed, however, may not reflect DOPLAR’s view and responsibility, of course, remains with the authors.

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