{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2144245679","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/001872678103400703","title":"The Coch and French Study: A Critique and Reinterpretation","display_name":"The Coch and French Study: A Critique and Reinterpretation","publication_year":1981,"publication_date":"1981-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2144245679","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/001872678103400703","mag":"2144245679"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/001872678103400703","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/001872678103400703","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/001872678103400703","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S61446109","display_name":"Human Relations","issn_l":"0018-7267","issn":["0018-7267","1741-282X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a-star","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-1","jufo-3","ki-jl-1","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Human Relations","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5029544846","display_name":"Carleton S. Bartlem","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I66946132","display_name":"University of Maryland, College Park","ror":"https://ror.org/047s2c258","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Carleton S. Bartlem","raw_affiliation_strings":["U Maryland, Coll of Business & Management, College Park"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"U Maryland, Coll of Business & Management, College Park","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5056903564","display_name":"Edwin A. Locke","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6044-3167","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6044-3167"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I66946132","display_name":"University of Maryland, College Park","ror":"https://ror.org/047s2c258","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Edwin A. Locke","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Maryland"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Maryland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"],"apc_list":{"value":3900,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3900},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":5.9603,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":49,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95767951,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"34","issue":"7","first_page":"555","last_page":"566"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13235","display_name":"Management Theory and Practice","score":0.7519999742507935,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13235","display_name":"Management Theory and Practice","score":0.7519999742507935,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11421","display_name":"Labor Movements and Unions","score":0.18870000541210175,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3321","display_name":"Public Administration"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10006","display_name":"Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior","score":0.029999999329447746,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/employee-participation","display_name":"employee participation","score":0.7260000109672546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/decision-making","display_name":"decision-making","score":0.5849999785423279},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/time-study","display_name":"time study","score":0.824999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/training","display_name":"training","score":0.4309999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/labor-availability","display_name":"labor availability","score":0.6299999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/group-size","display_name":"group size","score":0.9800000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perceived-fairness","display_name":"perceived fairness","score":0.5690000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wage-rates","display_name":"wage rates","score":0.9399999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/organizational-trust","display_name":"organizational trust","score":0.8870000243186951}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778734905","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15130689","display_name":"Reinterpretation","level":2,"score":0.9717692136764526},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C527412718","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q855395","display_name":"Interpretation (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.7785881757736206},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.5781760811805725},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.5270081758499146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779010991","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2720909","display_name":"Artifact (error)","level":2,"score":0.4751155972480774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781311116","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83306","display_name":"Group (periodic table)","level":2,"score":0.4213104546070099},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118084267","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26110","display_name":"Positive economics","level":1,"score":0.3848028779029846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.21322259306907654},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.13014093041419983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107038049","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35986","display_name":"Aesthetics","level":1,"score":0.1250794529914856},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.10112705826759338},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178790620","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11351","display_name":"Organic chemistry","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/001872678103400703","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/001872678103400703","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/001872678103400703","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S61446109","display_name":"Human Relations","issn_l":"0018-7267","issn":["0018-7267","1741-282X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a-star","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-1","jufo-3","ki-jl-1","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Human Relations","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.48510000109672546,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","display_name":"Decent work and economic growth"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":16,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W299120933","https://openalex.org/W643306877","https://openalex.org/W1579517781","https://openalex.org/W1963753105","https://openalex.org/W1965861354","https://openalex.org/W1978071703","https://openalex.org/W2076326289","https://openalex.org/W2087560608","https://openalex.org/W2089761225","https://openalex.org/W2093433899","https://openalex.org/W2097036892","https://openalex.org/W2116367633","https://openalex.org/W2146227179","https://openalex.org/W2322532428","https://openalex.org/W2329422953","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2143737118","https://openalex.org/W2151452815","https://openalex.org/W1489734490","https://openalex.org/W2605401890","https://openalex.org/W3148687476","https://openalex.org/W2127680099","https://openalex.org/W2047584933","https://openalex.org/W1986562881","https://openalex.org/W7066975027","https://openalex.org/W2001737355"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Coch":[0],"and":[1,70,107,139],"French's":[2],"interpretation":[3,117],"of":[4,9,22,59,66,80,85,89,118,128],"their":[5],"classic":[6],"(1948)":[7],"study":[8],"worker":[10],"participation":[11,116],"in":[12,40,49,82,91,137,140],"decision-making":[13],"is":[14,17,122],"questioned.":[15],"It":[16,121],"argued":[18],"that":[19,124],"the":[20,23,28,38,42,47,51,57,64,83,96,119,125,129,134],"superiority":[21,65],"combined":[24],"experimental":[25,67],"groups":[26],"to":[27,35,72,98,112],"control":[29],"group":[30,92],"could":[31,75],"have":[32,76,149],"been":[33,77,150],"due":[34],"differences":[36,81,90],"in:":[37],"way":[39],"which":[41,50],"job":[43],"changes":[44],"were":[45,54],"explained;":[46],"manner":[48],"time":[52],"studies":[53],"conducted;":[55],"and/or":[56],"amount":[58,84],"additional":[60],"training":[61],"given.":[62],"Similarly,":[63],"Groups":[68],"II":[69],"III":[71],"Group":[73,103],"I":[74,104],"an":[78],"artifact":[79],"work":[86],"available,":[87],"or":[88],"size.":[93],"In":[94],"addition,":[95],"failure":[97],"find":[99],"a":[100,115],"difference":[101],"within":[102],"between":[105],"direct":[106],"indirect":[108],"participants":[109],"would":[110],"seem":[111],"argue":[113],"against":[114],"findings.":[120],"suggested":[123],"perceived":[126],"fairness":[127],"pay":[130],"rates":[131],"was":[132],"probably":[133],"key":[135],"factor":[136],"this":[138],"some":[141],"similar":[142],"studies.":[143],"The":[144],"wider":[145],"issue":[146],"involved":[147],"may":[148],"organizational":[151],"trust.":[152]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-10-27T15:51:10.671819","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}