...Hindy Lauer Schachter Purpose This study aims to analyze Samuel Gompers’ use of innovative management practices involving authority and voluntarism at the American Federation of Labor (AFL) as a way of suggesting a role for a labor leader as a management guru. It is a case study attempt to insert...

...Hindy Lauer Schachter Purpose The purpose of this paper is to add information on which voices contributed to the scientific management narrative from Frederick Taylor’s 1915 death to the early 1930s with a focus on the role of labor union representatives. The strategy is to analyze the role...

... conditions of people across the USA. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on archival newspaper clippings, original journal articles and books written by the subject, historical manuscripts and other labor history resources, this manuscript pulls together information on this topic in a unique way...

... concepts in a unique way to issues in the law and society. David Savino can be contacted at: d‐savino@onu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Scientific management Labour Management history Process efficiency Any student in a basic introductory management course can tell...

...Jie Shen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the historical development and characteristics of labour disputes in China, including their growth, collective disputes, regional differences, direct causes and the impact of economic ownership on labour disputes. Design/methodology...

... on his powerful thigh. The worker's stance and central position in the piece suggests the prevalence of man as worker and master of the different types of industries represented by the four small motifs surrounding the figure. History Economic depression Arts Labour Organizational behaviour...