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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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Trading Places: Employers, Unions and the Manufacture of Voice

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Willman, P - Centre for Economic Performance, 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 and,...

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China’s Labor Question

Scherrer, Christoph (contributor) - Rainer Hampp Verlag

every year in China, but it was the first major calling for the right of workers to represent themselves in collective … relations at the industry level. In the third part, the focus shifts to the Corporate Social Responsibility agenda in China. The …

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WHO DO UNIONS TARGET? UNIONIZATION OVER THE LIFE-CYCLE OF U.S. BUSINESSES

Dinlersoz, Emin; Greenwood, Jeremy; Hyatt, Henry - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2014

What type of businesses do unions target for organizing and when? A dynamic model of the union organizing process is constructed to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity, and decides which ones to organize and when. An...

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Who do Unions Target? Unionization over the Life-Cycle of U.S. Businesses

Dinlersoz, Emin; Hyatt, Henry; Greenwood, Jeremy - Economie d'Avant Garde - 2014

What type of businesses do unions target for organizing? A dynamic model of the union organizing process is constructed to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity, and decides which ones to organize and when. An establishment becomes...

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Who Do Unions Target? Unionization over the Life-Cycle of U.S. Businesses

Dinlersoz, Emin; Greenwood, Jeremy; Hyatt, Henry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

What type of businesses do unions target for organizing? A dynamic model of the union organizing process is constructed to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity and decides which ones to organize and when. An establishment becomes...

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WHO DO UNIONS TARGET? UNIONIZATION OVER THE LIFE-CYCLE OF U.S. BUSINESSES

Dinlersoz, Emin; Greenwood, Jeremy; Hyatt, Henry - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2014

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Unions and Workplace Performance in Britain and France

Bryson, Alex; Forth, John; Laroche, Patrice - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009

Using nationally representative workplace surveys we examine the relationship between unionization and workplace financial performance in Britain and France. We find that union bargaining is detrimental to workplace performance in Britain and that this effect is larger when unionization is...

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How Do Organizational Capabilities Shape Industry Dynamics ?

Corsino, Marco; Gabriele, Roberto; Zaninotto, Enrico - Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Scuola … - 2009

This paper aims to reconcile the logic behind stochastic models of firm growth and the notion of organizational capabilities as drivers of economic performance. In the proposed behavioral model of bounded rational firms, two mechanisms drive growth: independent stochastic growth of individual...

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Growth and Profitability in Portuguese Companies: a Dynamic Panel Data Approach

Serrasqueiro, Zélia - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 11 (2009) 26, pp. 565-573

companies and their profitability. The empirical evidence obtained indicates that growth in Portuguese companies means increased … profitability. Growth in Portuguese companies is a catalysing factor of profitability, with the motivational effect on employees … profitability, as a consequence of the need for new more formal labour relations in companies. …

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