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Comparatively open: statutory information disclosure for consultation and bargaining in Germany, France and the UK
Gospel, Howard; Willman, Paul - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
Information provision is an important part of all mechanisms which give employees voice at work. This paper considers the law on information disclosure for joint consultation and collective bargaining in three countries, Germany, France, and the UK, chosen for their distinctive legal and...
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Why do voice regimes differ?
Willman, Paul; Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
the continued recognition of trade unions in many firms. In other circumstances, however, the employer may seek to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071464
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Union organization in Great Britain
Willman, Paul; Bryson, Alex - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
stabilized. Currently, unions have a substantially reduced economic impact, but a continued, if limited, role in workplace …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745666
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071128
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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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071465
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Slip sliding away: further union decline in Germany and Britain
Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
This paper presents the first comparative analysis of the decline in collective bargaining in two European countries where that decline has been most pronounced. Using workplace-level data and a common model, we present decompositions of changes in collective bargaining and worker representation...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745113
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746339
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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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Unions and productivity, financial performance and investment: international evidence
Metcalf, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
senescence. Therefore the impact of unions on productivity, financial performance and investment is extremely important. This … to use theory to predict unambiguously any union effect on productivity because unions can both enhance and detract from … links between unions and labour productivity have been eroded by greater competition and more emphasis on ''partnership'' in …
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