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ESOP Fables: The Impact of Employee Stock Ownership Plans on Labor Disputes

Cramton, Peter; Mehran, Hamid; Tracy, Joseph - 2005

-Ner and Jun (1996) model ESOPs as a buyout option for the union. The ownership share of the typical union ESOP, though, is … by the union. We demonstrate that ESOPs create incentives for unions to become weaker bargainers. As a result, the model … bargaining efficiency, we find that the announcement of a union ESOP leads to a 50% larger stock market reaction as compared …

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Small and medium establishments and the new federal workplace relations system

Lyons, Michael F.; Mortimer, D. E.; Whiting, Elizabeth; … - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2007

According to the Howard government and some 'small business' organisations, the changes made to Australian industrial relations arrangements by the 2005 'Work Choices' Act will be of particular importance to small and medium sized establishments (SMEs). Specifically, the dilution of the...

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Forcing German managers to focus on productivity

Klikauer, Thomas - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2005

Purpose ? Aims to test Walton and McKersie?s theory on labour negotiations, specifically in the case of German car manufacturers. Design/methodology/approach ? The research is based on interviews with industrial actors in Germany?s car industry ? an empirical case study. Findings ? The article...

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Employer associations in the contemporary employment relations landscape : where to now?

Mortimer, D. E.; Still, Leonie V.; Bond, Sue - University of Western Australia; University of Western …; … - 2002

The increasing acceptance of enterprise bargaining by both employers and trade unions in Australia calls into question not only the ongoing role of industrial tribunals, but also that of employer associations and their traditional role in the collective representation of individual employers in...

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Employer associations in a deregulated environment : the case of the Australian Retailers Association

Mortimer, D. E.; Bain, Lynda M.; Bond, Sue; Tipples, Rupert - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2004

This paper examines the responses of the Australian Retailers' Association to the deregulation of industrial relations. The acceptance of enterprise bargaining both by employers and trade unions in Australia calls into question the ongoing role of employers' associations. This question is...

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Union membership : Australia

Spooner, Keri; Innes, Colin; Mortimer, D. E. - University of Technology, Sydney; University of …; … - 2001

contributed to union growth, including the organisation and nature of work, the then-prevailing social values and the relative … effectiveness of trade union strategy vis-?-vis that of the employer. Similarly, the significant decline in union membership during … both within unions and the workforce generally. In this paper, we outline the rise and fall of trade union membership over …

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Employment relations: integrating industrial relations and human resource management

Abbott, Keith - 2007

collective bargaining in terms of three categorical models—the management-driven model, the trade union gatekeeper model, and the … management-union alliance model, the intention again being to show which are consistent and inconsistent with the coexistence of …

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The schooling response to a sustained increase in low-skill wages : evidence from Spain, 1989-2009

Lacuesta Gabarain, Aitor; Puente Díaz, Sergio; … - 2012

The response of human capital accumulation to changes in the anticipated returns to schooling determines the type of skills supplied to the labor market, the productivity of future cohorts, and the evolution of inequality. Unlike the US, the UK or Germany, Spain has experienced since 1995 a drop...

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Collective bargaining, firm heterogeneity and unemployment

Jimeno Serrano, Juan F.; Thomas, Carlos

Comparamos el comportamiento del mercado laboral bajo negociación a nivel de empresa y a nivel de sector en una economía de tipo Mortensen-Pissarides con un sector y con perturbaciones específicas a la empresa. Nuestros resultados teóricos principales son dos. Primero, el desempleo es menor...

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Contract staggering and unemployment during the great recession : evidence from Spain

Díez-Catalán, Luis; Villanueva López, Ernesto - 2014

Una caída de la actividad agregada conlleva una reducción de la demanda de empleo, que es tanto mayor cuanto más rígidos sean los salarios. Este artículo examina el impacto de la rigidez salarial en España sobre la evolución del empleo entre 2009 y 2010. La extensión de los convenios...

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