The impact of unions on profitability is investigated through a comprehensive meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis of the available literature. Drawing upon 57 published empirical studies, with 91,200 observations, the paper establishes a negative and statistically significant union-profit...

L’objectif de cette contribution est d’étudier l’effet de la présence syndicale sur la perception du climat social par les salariés et par les employeurs au sein d’un même établissement. Les données sont issues des volets « salariés » et « employeurs » de l’enquête REPONSE...

The impact of unions on productivity growth has received extensive attention from researchers in industrial relations and economics. Despite a voluminous literature, controversy continues regarding the effect of unions on productivity growth. In this paper, meta-analysis and meta-regression...

The impact of employee relations on performance has received much attention. Theory predicts that employee relations will impact on efficiency as well as productivity, yet researchers usually assume a production process that is fully efficient. In this paper, the stochastic production frontier...

Cet article expose les principaux résultats d’une étude consacrée au lien entre la présence syndicale et la rentabilité des entreprises en France. A partir d’un échantillon de 2 978 établissements français, issu de l’enquête REPONSE 1998 (Relations Professionnelles et...

A number of conflicting theoretical hypotheses have been advanced regarding the impact of unions on investment behavior. The net impact of unions on investment is thus an empirical issue. In this paper the available empirical literature is reviewed. In addition, new evidence of the impact of...

Publication bias arises when statistically non-significant results are suppressed or when only results satisfying prior expectations are published. Like most fields, research in industrial relations is vulnerable to publication bias. In this paper, qualitative and quantitative techniques are...

L’influence des organisations syndicales de salariés sur la performance des entreprises a fait l’objet de nombreuses recherches, discussions et controverses dans la plupart des pays industrialisés, notamment aux Etats-Unis et au Royaume-Uni. L’objectif de cette contribution est...