The Influence of Stock Market Listing on Human Resource Management : Evidence for France and Britain

[enter Abstract Body]We use data from REPONSE 2004 and WERS 2004 to analyze whetherapproaches to HRM differ according to whether an establishment is part of a company with a stock exchange listing. In both countries we find that listing is positively associated with team working and performance-related pay, while in France, but not in Britain, it is also linked to worker autonomy and training. Our findings are inconsistent with the claim that shareholder pressure operates as a constraint on the adoption of high-performance workplace practices. The pattern is similar in the two countries, but with a slightly stronger tendency for listing to be associated with high-performance workplace practices in France