Corporate Governance, Stake-Holding and the Nature of Employment Relations Within the Firm
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Working Paper No. 313
42 Pages Posted: 20 Sep 2011
Date Written: September 1, 2005
Abstract
This paper investigates the effect of different forms of corporate governance on the structure and nature of stakeholder relationships within organizations and the consequent impact on employment relations within the firm. In this, HRM assumes a dual role in delivering improvements in production efficiency and in fostering employee commitment to the organization and its objectives. However, different forms of corporate governance prioritize stakeholder interests in ways that may bring these two objectives into conflict. To address these questions, we examine the interrelationship between corporate governance, HRM practices and HRM outcomes in a comparative analysis of companies operating under alternative forms of governance, including private sector, public sector and family-owned firms. The empirical analysis is based on the UK Work and Employment Relations Survey (WERS98).
Keywords: corporate governance, human resource management, stakeholding, employment, relations, Work and Employment Relations Survey
JEL Classification: J24, J53, L21, L23, M12, M5
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