Wayne A Lewchuk
Biographic Data
| ID | 10328236 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wayne A Lewchuk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wayne A |
| FAMILY NAME | Lewchuk |
| SIGNATURE | LEWCHUK W A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Men and Monotony: Fraternalism as a Managerial Strategy at the Ford Motor Company
The introduction of mass production transformed many skilled tasks into repetitive and monotonous jobs. In industries such as automobiles, the workforce remained predominantly male despite contemporary assessments that women could efficiently do many of these jobs. This article explores why. It is argued that employers such as Ford concluded that the conversion of labor time into effort would be more difficult in a mixed-gender workforce. The pap…
The Role of the British Government in the Spread of Scientific Management and Fordism in the Interwar Years
The slowness with which British firms adopted Scientific Management and Fordism has often been noted.The paper argues that in Britain, management had difficulty controlling labor effort norms after 1870. The state intervened to resolve the issue and in the process became a major proponent of industrial democracy. It is argued that the early interest in industrial democracy retarded the adoption of American methods that assumed a greater degree of…
Men and Monotony: Fraternalism as a Managerial Strategy at the Ford Motor Company
The introduction of mass production transformed many skilled tasks into repetitive and monotonous jobs. In industries such as automobiles, the workforce remained predominantly male despite contemporary assessments that women could efficiently do many of these jobs. This article explores why. It is argued that employers such as Ford concluded that the conversion of labor time into effort would be more difficult in a mixed-gender workforce. The pap…
The Role of the British Government in the Spread of Scientific Management and Fordism in the Interwar Years
The slowness with which British firms adopted Scientific Management and Fordism has often been noted.The paper argues that in Britain, management had difficulty controlling labor effort norms after 1870. The state intervened to resolve the issue and in the process became a major proponent of industrial democracy. It is argued that the early interest in industrial democracy retarded the adoption of American methods that assumed a greater degree of…
The Role of the British Government in the Spread of Scientific Management and Fordism in the Interwar Years
The slowness with which British firms adopted Scientific Management and Fordism has often been noted.The paper argues that in Britain, management had difficulty controlling labor effort norms after 1870. The state intervened to resolve the issue and in the process became a major proponent of industrial democracy. It is argued that the early interest in industrial democracy retarded the adoption of American methods that assumed a greater degree of…
Men and Monotony: Fraternalism as a Managerial Strategy at the Ford Motor Company
The introduction of mass production transformed many skilled tasks into repetitive and monotonous jobs. In industries such as automobiles, the workforce remained predominantly male despite contemporary assessments that women could efficiently do many of these jobs. This article explores why. It is argued that employers such as Ford concluded that the conversion of labor time into effort would be more difficult in a mixed-gender workforce. The pap…
Economics (2 works) · Business (1 works) · Club (1 works) · Control (management (1 works) · Democracy (1 works) · Economic growth (1 works) · Economic history (1 works) · Economic system (1 works) · Economy (1 works) · Factory (object-oriented programming (1 works)