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Trading places: employers, unions and the manufacture of voice
Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Willman, Paul - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
Using nationally representative workplace data for Britain we show that over the last quarter century union voice – especially union-only voice – has been associated with poorer climate, more industrial action, poorer financial performance and poorer labour productivity than nonunion voice...
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New survey evidence on recent changes in UK union recognition
Blanden, Jo; Machin, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
This paper reports results from a recent survey we conducted on the union status of over 650 firms in the private sector of the UK. Compared to earlier periods, the survey shows that since 1997 there has been a slight fall in derecognition, but a relatively large increase in union recognition....
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Accounting for collective action: resource acquisition and mobilization in British unions
Willman, Paul; Bryson, Alex - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The paper uses two data sources to map trends in resource availability for trade unions in Britain. Union resources exist on the one hand in the form of subscription income and accumulated assets shown in union accounts and, on the other, establishment level resources provided by employers and...
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Union organization in Great Britain
Willman, Paul; Bryson, Alex - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
Union membership and density in Britain has experienced substantial decline since 1979. The fall in private sector membership and density has been much greater than in the public sector. The size of the union sector, measured by employer recognition, has shrunk. Membership decline has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745666
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Why have workers stopped joining unions? Accounting for the rise in never-membership in Britain
Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
This paper tracks the rise in the percentage of employees who have never become union members (‘never-members’) since the early 1980s and shows that it is the reduced likelihood of ever becoming a member rather than the haemorrhaging of existing members which is behind the decline in overall...
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Why have workers stopped joining unions?
Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
This paper tracks the rise in the percentage of employees who have never become union members (¿nevermembers¿) since the early 1980s and shows that it is the reduced likelihood of ever becoming a member rather than the haemorrhaging of existing members which is behind the decline in overall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071276
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What voice do British workers want?
Bryson, Alex; Freeman, Richard B. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The problems/need for representation and participation reported by workers vary across workplaces and by types of jobs. Workers with greater workplace needs are more desirous of unions but their preferences are fine-grained. Workers want unions to negotiate wages and work conditions and for...
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The impact of an innovative human resource function on firm performance: the moderating role of financing strategy
Knight-Turvey, Neal; Neal, Andrew; West, Michael A.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
The current study examined the impact of the human resource function and financing strategy on the financial performance of 104 UK manufacturing firms. Hypotheses are drawn from a resource-based perspective on human resource management and a financial theory perspective on capital structure....
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Minimum wages and firm profitability
Draca, Mirko; Machin, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
other aspects of firm behaviour. In this paper we consider the impact of minimum wages on firm profitability by exploiting … firm profitability was significantly reduced (and wages significantly raised) by the minimum wage introduction. This … residential care homes, and a second on firms across all sectors). Interestingly, we find no evidence that the profitability …
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Knowing what is good for you: empirical analysis of personal preferences and the 'objective good'
Lelkes, Orsolya - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
This paper aims to test empirically if certain frequently used measures of well-being, which are regarded as valuable properties of human life, are actually desired by people. In other words, it investigates whether the “expert judgments” in social science overlap with social consensus on...
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