Peter D Sherer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1055593 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter D Sherer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter D |
| FAMILY NAME | Sherer |
| SIGNATURE | SHERER P D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3077-3966 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Governance in Professional Service Firms
This chapter synthesizes and extends the literature on governance in Professional Service Firms (PSFs). It discusses four foundational theoretical perspectives on governance in PSFs: the agency, the partnership/partnership ethos, the stakeholder, and the trustee perspective. The authors argue these perspectives speak to structural or cultural views of governance, but they leave unanswered critical issues. Given the state of the literature, they a…
Industrial Relations Theory: Its Nature, Scope, and Pedagogy
One of the major purposes of this book is to help clarify the term and thus to assist meaningful discussion about the strengths and deficiencies of the body of thought to which it refers. The editors' premise is that industrial relations is a multinational field whose disciples should be seeking principles that apply over the broadest span of time and space. Contributors include Roy J. Adams, Jack Barbash, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Braham Dabsche…
Leveraging Human Assets in Law Firms: Human Capital Structures and Organizational Capabilities
Partners in a law firm are the source of firm knowledge and hold claims to the firm's residual income; associates work for partners, acquire knowledge, and receive a fixed level of compensation. The author uses the ratio of associates to partners to measure the leveraging of human assets in law firms, which he likens to the leveraging of financial capital in other firms. Analyzing data on 312 large offices of law firms in 1991, he finds that this…
Turbulence in the American Workplace
Assessing Worker Attitudes under a Two-Tier Wage Plan
This study examines data from a 1985 survey of employee attitudes at an airline that had introduced a merging (or temporary) two-tier pay plan the year before. The authors find, contrary to popular wisdom, that lower-wage ‘B’ tier workers felt significantly more satisfied with their pay, work, and supervision, more optimistic about future pay, more confident of their job security, and more committed to the company and union than ‘A’ tier workers.…
Leveraging Human Assets in Law Firms: Human Capital Structures and Organizational Capabilities
Partners in a law firm are the source of firm knowledge and hold claims to the firm's residual income; associates work for partners, acquire knowledge, and receive a fixed level of compensation. The author uses the ratio of associates to partners to measure the leveraging of human assets in law firms, which he likens to the leveraging of financial capital in other firms. Analyzing data on 312 large offices of law firms in 1991, he finds that this…
Assessing Worker Attitudes under a Two-Tier Wage Plan
This study examines data from a 1985 survey of employee attitudes at an airline that had introduced a merging (or temporary) two-tier pay plan the year before. The authors find, contrary to popular wisdom, that lower-wage ‘B’ tier workers felt significantly more satisfied with their pay, work, and supervision, more optimistic about future pay, more confident of their job security, and more committed to the company and union than ‘A’ tier workers.…
Assessing Worker Attitudes under a Two-Tier Wage Plan
This study examines data from a 1985 survey of employee attitudes at an airline that had introduced a merging (or temporary) two-tier pay plan the year before. The authors find, contrary to popular wisdom, that lower-wage ‘B’ tier workers felt significantly more satisfied with their pay, work, and supervision, more optimistic about future pay, more confident of their job security, and more committed to the company and union than ‘A’ tier workers.…
Turbulence in the American Workplace
Industrial Relations Theory: Its Nature, Scope, and Pedagogy
One of the major purposes of this book is to help clarify the term and thus to assist meaningful discussion about the strengths and deficiencies of the body of thought to which it refers. The editors' premise is that industrial relations is a multinational field whose disciples should be seeking principles that apply over the broadest span of time and space. Contributors include Roy J. Adams, Jack Barbash, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Braham Dabsche…
Leveraging Human Assets in Law Firms: Human Capital Structures and Organizational Capabilities
Partners in a law firm are the source of firm knowledge and hold claims to the firm's residual income; associates work for partners, acquire knowledge, and receive a fixed level of compensation. The author uses the ratio of associates to partners to measure the leveraging of human assets in law firms, which he likens to the leveraging of financial capital in other firms. Analyzing data on 312 large offices of law firms in 1991, he finds that this…
Governance in Professional Service Firms
This chapter synthesizes and extends the literature on governance in Professional Service Firms (PSFs). It discusses four foundational theoretical perspectives on governance in PSFs: the agency, the partnership/partnership ethos, the stakeholder, and the trustee perspective. The authors argue these perspectives speak to structural or cultural views of governance, but they leave unanswered critical issues. Given the state of the literature, they a…
Economics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Management (3 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)