The introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) had potentially significant implications for small firms. Orthodox economic theory predicts adverse consequences, though institutional analysis points to potential efficiency as well as fairness effects. Using longitudinal data on 55 firms,...

The growth of variable pay schemes (VPS) appears to threaten collective approaches to pay determination, which are based on standardization and centralization. This article utilizes case study research to analyse the still little-known relationship between collective bargaining and VPS. It...

A number of approaches to the diffusion of employment practices within American-based multinational companies (MNCs) can be discerned. In this paper, two theoretical approaches are contrasted: a 'country-of-origin' approach in which the influence of the home country is mediated by national...