Workplace Transformation and Human Resource Practices in the Pulp and Paper Industry

Insights gleaned form actual industry experience can facilitate successful workplace transformations, resulting in greater competitiveness and increased returns for management and labor.  Specifically, this research will identify effects of human resource innovations on business unit performance, such as percent uptime, percent culled paper, on-time delivery, and other parameters. This project aims to provide an improved understanding of factors affecting implementation and effectiveness of high-performance work systems, in which workers are trained and motivated to take full responsibilty for their work unit and its external relationships.