Academic articles 

Vidal, Matt. "The Labor Process Revisited: Institutional Polymorphism and Organizational Political Economy in the Manufacturing Field," under review. 

Vidal, Matt. "Routine Inefficiency: Profit-Rate Satisficing in Really Existing Markets," under review for Research in the Sociology of Work Vol. 19.

Vidal, Matt, (2007) “Lean Production, Worker Empowerment, and Job Satisfaction: A Qualitative Analysis and Critique,” Critical Sociology 33,1-2: 247-278.

Vidal, Matt, (2007) “Manufacturing Empowerment? 'Employee Involvement' in the Labour Process after Fordism,” Socio-Economic Review 5,2: 197-232.

Policy reports

Mitnik, Pablo, Jessica Halpern-Finnerty and Matt Vidal, “Cities and Immigration: Local Policies for Immigrant-Friendly Cities,” Center on Wisconsin Strategy, January (2008).

Luria, Dan, Matt Vidal, and Howard Wial, with Joel Rogers, in collaboration with Sue Helper, Gary Herrigel, Josh Whitford, Edith Wiarda, and Jonathan Zeitlin “'Full-Utilization Learning Lean' in Component Manufacturing: A New Industrial Model for Mature Regions, & Labor's Stake in Its Success,” report to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, September (2005).

Vidal, Matt, “Not Just Another Consultant: How the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership Facilitates Labor-Management Cooperation for High-Performance Work Organization,” Center on Wisconsin Strategy, October (2004).

Vidal, Matt, Josh Whitford, Joel Rogers, and Jonathan Zeitlin, “Challenges and Options for Wisconsin Component Manufacturing,” Center on Wisconsin Strategy, June (2003).

Other

I was interviewed by journalist Lisa Harbatkin and quoted extensively in her article “Empowered, Committed Workers Help Make Lean, JIT Work,” Wood Digest November (2005).

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