Labor: Global, National, Local: Dutch academic's pathbreaking book in industrial relations -- the book cover

Trust and Power on the Shop Floor examines the shop floor processes of modern factories through two case studies. Maarten Verkerk draws on ethnography, organizational theory, and philosophy to offer an insightful analysis of how high-trust and high-power relations between management and labor are the keys to successful organizations. Verkerk ultimately offers a masterful study of the dynamics of the modern industrial organization. (Delft, the Netherlands: Euboron,2005; paperback) Amazon USA: $57 USA. -- text is largely from the Amazon sales pitch.