These five papers are from a symposium on high involvement work teams that was facilitated by Catherine M. Sleezer at the 1995 Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD) conference. "An Empirical Study of Employee Involvement in Designing and Managing Reward Systems" (William M. Kahnweiler) reports on a study of 300 organizations that found the extent of involvement of nonmanagement employees in designing and managing pay systems was modest and unrelated to organizational size and industry, but that some organizations provided consider responsibilities in this area to nonmanagement employees. "Involving Workers in the New Learning Environment Required for a High-involvement Organization: The Workers' Perception" (Joseph A. Ilacqua) suggests that workers need to be involved in the new learning environment in order to increase competitiveness in a global market. "What Do First-line Leaders Need to Succeed?: Identification and Validation of Competencies of First-line Leaders in High Involvement Organizations" (Paul Hardt) is a report of focus group discussions and surveys that identified and validated eight competencies of first-line leaders in high-involvement organizations. "Validating a Check Sheet as a Guide for High-Involvement Training" (Paul E. Brauchle, David W. Wright) presents a check sheet developed from work with 10 different production teams that can be used to guide team development in a high-involvement workplace. "Characteristics of High Performance Work Teams: Perspectives from the Literature" (Cathy Bolton, LeRoy Anderson, Amy Dodge, Jamie Tower, Brenda Unruh) explores the concept of high performance work teams (HPWTs) by examining definitions and characteristics of HPWTs, characteristics of organizations that use HPWTs, and considerations in transitioning from traditional teams to HPWTs. (KC)