TY - JOUR
T1 - Worker participation and firm performance : evidence from Germany and Britain
AU - ADDISON, John T.
AU - SIEBERT, Stanley W.
AU - WAGNER, Joachim
AU - WEI, Xiangdong
PY - 2000/3/1
Y1 - 2000/3/1
N2 - The Freeman–Lazear works council/worker involvement model is assessed over two distinct industrial relations regimes. In non-union British establishments our measures of employee involvement are associated with improved economic performance, whereas for unionized plants negative results are detected. The suggestion is that local distributive bargaining can cause the wrong level of worker involvement to be chosen. Also consistent with the model is our finding that mandatory works councils do not impair, and may even improve, the performance of larger German establishments. Yet smaller plants with works councils under-perform, illustrating the problem of tailoring mandates to fit heterogeneous populations.
AB - The Freeman–Lazear works council/worker involvement model is assessed over two distinct industrial relations regimes. In non-union British establishments our measures of employee involvement are associated with improved economic performance, whereas for unionized plants negative results are detected. The suggestion is that local distributive bargaining can cause the wrong level of worker involvement to be chosen. Also consistent with the model is our finding that mandatory works councils do not impair, and may even improve, the performance of larger German establishments. Yet smaller plants with works councils under-perform, illustrating the problem of tailoring mandates to fit heterogeneous populations.
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/4185
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034340706&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1467-8543.00150
DO - 10.1111/1467-8543.00150
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 0007-1080
VL - 38
SP - 7
EP - 48
JO - British Journal of Industrial Relations
JF - British Journal of Industrial Relations
IS - 1
ER -