The Performance Effects of Unions. Codetermination, and Employee Involvement: Comparing the United States and Germany (With an Addendum on the United Kingdom)

John Addison

No disbei156, EIIW Discussion paper from Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library

Abstract: Drawing on evidence from the United States and Germany, this paper offers a survey of the effects of worker representation (in unions and works councils) and innovative work practices on firm performance. The interaction between worker representation and high performance work practices provides a practical means of peering inside the black box of the collective voice model, even if there is as yet no well-determined hierarchy for productivity performance and certainly no blue-print for the future of unions. An addendum sketches the British evidence.

Keywords: worker representation; unions; codetermination; employee involvement mechanisms; innovative work practices; firm/establishment performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J51 J53 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 72 Pages
Date: 2008-11
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