Work systems, Quality of Working Life and Attitudes of Workers: An Empirical Study towards the effects of Team and non-Teamwork

In this article four different work systems are distinguished: the traditional Tayloristic system, ‘lean’ teamwork, ‘sociotechnical’ teamwork, and the professional work system. Using a survey design the association with several employee outcome variables is analysed.
The results show that:
1) work system is an important factor for explaining differences in the quality of working life and attitudes of workers;
2) the Tayloristic work system clearly has detrimental effects on the well-being of workers.
3) in a survey design, comparing just teamworkers and non-teamworkers is not enough due to the heterogeneity of both categories