Recommended Reading

The following selection of articles, books and/or reports represents a group of interesting reading that we hope will broaden your understanding of organizations and organizational change processes. Each month a new set of items will be presented - sometimes recently published articles, and sometimes classics - to provide you with new sources of useful ideas and challenging thought.

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BC companies recognized for creating great workplaces

Jen Wetherow
HRVoice
May 26, 2007
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Beyond Best Practices: Trust as the Key to High Performance Workplaces

Robert Levering
presented at "The New American Workplace Conference" sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Association for Quality and Participation, Washington, DC, December 7, 1994.
May 15, 2004

Trends in the American Workplace

Robert Levering
presented at Foundation for Enterprise Development Conference, September 1993.
May 15, 2004

High-Trust Workplaces Support Service Excellence

Graham Lowe
Canadian Government Executive, October 2006
March 01, 2007
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Managing Under Stress: How the Best Companies Address Staff Reductions

Leslie Caccamese
Great Place to Work® Institute
November 06, 2008
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A Proper Welcome

Graham S. Lowe
Canadian Business Magazine
July 20, 2006
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Are the 100 Best better? An empirical investigation of the relationship between being a "great place to work" and firm performance

Fulmer, Ingrid Smithey
Personnel Psychology Winter 2003
October 25, 2004
See : Highbeam Research (preview only available without membership)

Firm value and employee attitudes on workplace quality

Ballou, Brian; Godwin, Nowman H., Shortridge, Rebecca Toppe
Accounting Horizons December 2003
October 21, 2004
See : High Beam Research (preview only without membership)

A longitudinal study of quality of work life and business performance

May, Bruce E. and Lau, RSM
University of South Dakota, School of Business: South Dakota Business Review
October 21, 2004
See : South Dakota Business Review December 1999

Creating a Great Place to Work®

Robert Levering
Corrections Today Magazine August 2004
October 15, 2004
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