Productive workplaces: Organizing and managing for dignity, meaning, and community, by Marvin R. Weisbord, San Francisco, CA: Jossey‐Bass, Inc., 1987, 405 pp. $28.95

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Human Resource ManagementVolume 28, Issue 1 p. 141-144 Book Review Productive workplaces: Organizing and managing for dignity, meaning, and community, by Marvin R. Weisbord, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1987, 405 pp. $28.95 Thomas G. Cummings, Thomas G. Cummings Thomas G. Cummings is a professor of management and organization at the Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Southern California. From 1970 to 1976 he was on the faculty of the organizational behavior department at Case Western Reserve University. He received his Ph.D. in socio-technical systems from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1970. Since then he has consulted and done research on designing high-performing organizations, planned organizational change, and transorganizational systems. He has written twelve books and over 40 scholarly articles on these topics, and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Past-Chairman of the Organization Development Division of the Academy of Management, and Past-President of the Western Academy of Management.Search for more papers by this author Thomas G. Cummings, Thomas G. Cummings Thomas G. Cummings is a professor of management and organization at the Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Southern California. From 1970 to 1976 he was on the faculty of the organizational behavior department at Case Western Reserve University. He received his Ph.D. in socio-technical systems from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1970. Since then he has consulted and done research on designing high-performing organizations, planned organizational change, and transorganizational systems. He has written twelve books and over 40 scholarly articles on these topics, and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Past-Chairman of the Organization Development Division of the Academy of Management, and Past-President of the Western Academy of Management.Search for more papers by this author First published: Spring 1989 https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.3930280109 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume28, Issue1Spring 1989Pages 141-144 RelatedInformation