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new models of high performancework systemsFigure 3.15Flexible Work Systems x Country of OwnershipCountry of OwnershipIndigenous Irish-owned14.31Foreign MNCs18.920 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100% of Flexible Work SystemsFigure 3.16Flexible Work Systems x No. of Employees36 >Company size(no. of employees)Less than 100100-50012.8813.26500 plus25.530 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100% of Flexible Work SystemsFigure 3.17Flexible Work Systems x Level of UnionisationLevel of Unionisation0%>0%
Part 4Exploring New Models of HighPerformance Work Systems4.1 IntroductionThis section examines how managementpractices are associated with businessperformance. Using three importantoutcome measures (labour productivity,workforce innovation and employeeturnover), we examine the unique andsynergistic effects of a broad range ofmanagement policies and practices,across four thematic areas (strategicHRM, workplace partnership, equality anddiversity, and flexible working). 174.2 Outcome MeasuresLabour productivity is generally defined as“total output divided by labour inputs”. Itindicates the extent to which a company’shuman capital is efficiently creating output.In this research, revenue per employee wasused as a measure of labour productivity.Data on the most recent estimates of totalsales and total employment were collectedvia the GM and HR questionnaires. 18Workforce Innovation is a useful way tomeasure workforce performance, in termsof the company’s ability to efficientlygenerate revenue through the introductionof new products and services. Workforceinnovation was operationalized using dataon number of employees, sales revenue andresponses to the question: “What proportionof your organisation’s total sales (turnover)comes from products or services introducedwithin the previous 12 months?” Theresponse to this question was multipliedby total sales to yield an estimate of salesrevenue generated by new sales. This salesfigure was then divided by the numberof employees to obtain our measure ofworkforce innovation – an indication ofper capita sales derived from recentlyintroduced products or services.< 3717 Tables detailing the multivariate regression analyses are available, on request, from the authors.18 A log of average of labour productivity from GM and HR surveys was used as the dependent variable in the multiple regression analysis.
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