International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 61 Issue 2

Welfare service system productivity: the concept and its application

Antti Lönnqvist, Harri Laihonen

The purpose of this paper is to examine productivity at the level of a welfare service system. This approach aims at optimizing the performance of the whole system and to avoid…

Ratings of counterproductive performance: the effect of source and rater behavior

Sara L. Mann, Marie‐Hélène Budworth, Afisi S. Ismaila

The purpose of this study was to examine inter‐rater agreement on counterproductive performance between self‐ and peer‐ratings, and the factors that moderate this agreement. The…

The relationship between employee involvement, partnership management and supply performance: Findings from a developing country

Assadej Vanichchinchai

This research aims to investigate the relationships among employee involvement, partnership management, and a firm's supply performance in the automotive industry in Thailand.

Identifying productivity blemishes in Pakistan automotive industry: a case study

Sheikh Zahoor Sarwar, Azam Ishaque, Nadeem Ehsan, Danial Saeed Pirzada, Zafar Moeen Nasir

The purpose of this research is to identify the prevalent condition of productivity in the automotive manufacturing industry of Pakistan and to indicate the possible areas for…

Monitoring quality goals through lean Six‐Sigma insures competitiveness

Vipul Gupta, Padmanav Acharya, Manoj Patwardhan

This case seeks to illustrate the specific problem of excessive defects in radial tyres produced in a renowned tyre manufacturing company in India. This paper aims to show how…

Leadership performance is significant to project success or failure: a critical analysis

Phil Nixon, Megan Harrington, David Parker

This paper seeks to review the current literature in order to explore how performance of leadership in project management determines project outcomes. The specific causes of…

Editorial

Tom Burgess, John Heap

Take a long view

Do not lose sleep over it

What IS the answer … and does it matter?

Events

Mayo revisited

The Japanese were right all along

Volvo wins

Students need to learn about productivity