Anglo-American corporate governance and the employment relationship: a case to answer?

Simon Deakin, Richard Hobbs, Sue Konzelmann and Frank Wilkinson

Working Papers from Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge

Abstract: The corporate governance environment in the UK and US is generally thought to be hostile to the emergence of cooperative employment relations of the kind exemplified by labour-management partnerships. We discuss case study evidence from the UK which suggests that, contrary to this widespread perception, enduring and proactive partnerships may develop, in conditions where management can convince shareholders of the long-term gains from this approach, and where other regulatory factors operate to extend the time-horizon for financial returns. We conclude that there is more scope than is commonly allowed for measures which could reconcile liquidity in capital markets with cooperation in labour relations competition rather than EC legislation

Keywords: corporate governance; labour-management partnerships; stakeholding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G34 J53 K22 K23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-06
Note: PRO-2
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