Governance Processes, Employee Voice and Performance Outcomes in the Construction of Heathrow Terminal 5

Simon Deakin and Aristea Koukiadaki

Working Papers from Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge

Abstract: The Major Projects Agreement (MPA) is a framework agreement designed to improve performance in large mechanical and electrical engineering projects. It is built on integrated team working and includes the trade union as a partner in strategic, organizational and employment decisions. The agreement was recently implemented in the construction of Heathrow Terminal 5 (T5). The use of the MPA at T5 illustrates how the promotion of a framework that legitimizes a role for unions in continuing dialogue with employers can positively affect organizational outcomes in large construction projects. While serving as a reminder that mechanisms exist within UK corporate governance for the representation and articulation of the interests of non-shareholder constituencies, T5 may be a unique case: the currently uncertain future of the MPA is indicative of wider constraints on the adoption of the partnership model in Britain.

Keywords: corporate governance; labour-management relations; partnership; stakeholder theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J52 K12 K31 L14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-06
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