Corporate Governance and Employment Relations

Konzelmann, Suzanne J.; Conway, Neil; Wilkinson, Frank

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1930851

Corporate Governance and Employment Relations

33 Pages Posted: 20 Sep 2011

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Suzanne J. Konzelmann

University of London - Birkbeck College - Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Management and Organizational Psychology; University of Cambridge - Faculty of Social and Political Sciences

Frank Wilkinson

University of London - Birkbeck College

Date Written: December 1, 2007

Abstract

Using the 2004 United Kingdom Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS 2004), this paper examines the impact of corporate governance on HRM practices and employment relations outcomes within organizations in the UK. The analysis suggests that when a remote external stake-holder is assigned dominance, particularly in the case where their liability is limited and the organization is large, the conditioning of managerial commitments on the requirements of the dominant stake-holder has the potential to undermine the effectiveness of the HRM system in achieving its objectives.

Keywords: corporate governance, human resource management, stakeholding, employment relations, work and employment relations survey

JEL Classification: J24, J53, L21, L23, M12, M5

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Konzelmann, Suzanne J. and Conway, Neil and Wilkinson, Frank, Corporate Governance and Employment Relations (December 1, 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1930851 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1930851