Catching a Wave: the Adoption of Voice and High Commitment Workplace Practices in Britain: 1984-1998

Alex Bryson, Rafael Gomez and Tobias Kretschmer

CEP Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: In this paper we treat workplace voice and systems of high-commitment human resource management (HCHRM) as technological innovations in order to account for the uneven diffusion patterns observed across establishments. Using British data, the paper finds that variables highlighted in the technological diffusion literature are significant predictors of voice and HRM adoption decisions. Workplace size, size of multi-establishment network, ownership type, set-up date and network affects all play a significant role in high-commitment HRM adoption. We also find that union presence, per se, is not an inhibitor to the adoption of high commitment HRM practices.

Keywords: High-commitment work practices; voice; unions; technology diffusion; complementarities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J51 M54 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-02
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