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Title Up in the air : how airlines can improve performance by engaging their employees / Greg J. Bamber [and others]
Published Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 222 pages) : illustrations
Contents Low-cost competition in the airline industry -- Developments in the U.S. airline industry -- Developments in the airline industry in other countries -- Industry trends in costs, productivity, quality, and morale -- Alternative strategies for new entrants : Southwest vs. Ryanair -- The legacy responses : alternative approaches -- Building a more balanced airline industry
Summary "Greg J. Bamber, Jody Hoffer Gittell, Thomas A. Kochan, and Andrew von Nordenflycht explore questions about the future of the airline industry, using a mix of quantitative evidence and qualitative studies of airlines from North America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Up in the Air provides clear and realistic strategies for achieving a better, more equitable balance among the interests of customers, employees, and shareholders. Specifically, the authors recommend that firms learn from the innovations of companies like Southwest and Continental airlines in order to build a positive workplace culture that fosters coordination and commitment to high-quality service; labor relations policies that avoid long, drawn-out conflicts in negotiating new agreements; and business strategies that can sustain investor, employee, and customer support through the ups and downs of business cycles."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Airlines -- United States -- Employees
Airlines -- United States -- Personnel management
Airlines -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States
Industrial relations -- United States
Airlines -- Employees.
Airlines -- Personnel management
Airlines -- Employees -- Labor unions.
Industrial relations.
industrial relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
TRANSPORTATION -- Ships & Shipbuilding -- Pictorial.
Airlines -- Employees
Airlines -- Employees -- Labor unions
Airlines -- Personnel management
Industrial relations
Administração de recursos humanos -- Estados unidos.
Aviação -- Estados unidos.
Relações industriais -- Estados unidos.
Sindicatos -- Estados unidos.
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Bamber, Greg, 1949-
ISBN 9780801458330
0801458331