7 Myths about Quality of Working Life

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Each of the following laboratory and field experiments adds to and acknowledges the increasing confusion about what causes what: Oldham G.R. Miller H.E. , “The Effect of Significant Other's Job Complexity on Employee Reactions to Work,” Human Relations, Vol. 32 (1979), pp. 247–260; O'Reilly C.A. III Caldwell D.F. , “Informational Influence as a Determinant of Perceived Task Characteristics and Job Satisfaction,” Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 64 (1979), pp. 157–165; Orpen C. , “The Effects of Job Enrichment on Employee Satisfaction, Motivation, Involvement, and Performance: A Field Experiment,” Human Relations, Vol. 32 (1979), pp. 189–217; White S.E. Mitchell T.R. , “Job Enrichment Versus Social Cues: A Comparison and Competitive Test,” Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 64 (1979), pp. 1–9; Trist E.L. Susman G.I. Brown G.R. , “An Experiment in Autonomous Working in an American Underground Coal Mine,” Human Relations, Vol. 30 (1977), pp. 201–236.

Cherns A.B. Wacker G.J. , “Analyzing Social Systems,” Human Relations, Vol. 31 (1978), pp. 823–841.

Pelligrin R.J. , “Sociology and Policy-Oriented Research on Innovation,” in Radnor M. Feller S. Rogers E. (eds.), The Diffusion of Innovations: An Assessment (Evanston, Ill: Northwestern University, 1978), p. 15.

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Beumier F. Coessen J.M. , in two unpublished reports on the applications of the PTR strategy, 20 March 1975, translation from French by Lehmann J.L. , Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium.

Taylor J.C. Wacker G.J. , “Case Study Report: Paperboard Mill,” unpublished paper, Center for Quality of Working Life, University of California, Los Angeles, 1976.

Rogers E. , “Re-Invention During the Innovation Process,” in Radnor M. , op. cit., p. 15.

Bailey J.E. Nadler G. , “A Methodology Which Requires User Participation in the Design of Information Systems,” Computers and Industrial Engineering, in press.

Nadler G. , Work Design: A Systems concept (Homewood, Ill.: Irwin, 1970); Nadler G. , “A Method of Asking the Right Questions,” Working Paper 76-12, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1976.

Wacker G. , “Evolutionary Job Design: A Case Study,” Journal of Occupational Behavior, in press.

Gyllenhammar P.H. , People at Work (Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1977).

Kanter R.M. , Men and Women of the Corporation (New York: Basic Books, 1977).

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Wason P. Johnson-Laird P.N. , Thinking and Reasoning (New York: Penguin, 1968).

Nadler G. , “Increasing the Effectiveness of Productivity Services Through a Systems Perspective,” paper presented at the Congress of the European Federation for Productivity Service, Vienna, April 20–22, 1977.

Nadler G. , The Planning and Design Professions: An Operational Theory (New York: John Wiley and Sons), scheduled for early 1981 publication.

Gardner J.W. , “How to Prevent Organizational Dry Rot,” Harper's Magazine (October 1965), pp. 20–22+.