The Influence of Stock Market Listing on Human Resource Management: Evidence for France and Britain

Conway Neil, Deakin Simon, Konzelmann Suzanne, Héloïse Petit, Antoine Reberioux and Wilkinson Frank
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Conway Neil: Birkbeck College [University of London]
Deakin Simon: CBR - Center for Business Research - CAM - University of Cambridge [UK]
Konzelmann Suzanne: Birkbeck College [University of London]
Wilkinson Frank: Birkbeck College [University of London]

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Abstract: We use data from the Relations Professionnelles et Négociations d'Entreprise survey of 2004 and the Workplace Employment Relations Survey of 2004 to analyse how far approaches to human resource management differ according to whether an establishment is part of a company with a stock exchange listing. In both countries we find that listing is positively associated with teamworking and performance-related pay, while in France, but not in Britain, it is also linked to worker autonomy and training. Our findings are inconsistent with the claim that shareholder pressure operates as a constraint on the adoption of high- performance workplace practices. The pattern is similar in the two countries, but with a slightly stronger tendency for listing to be associated with high- performance workplace practices in France.

Keywords: corporate governance; ownership of equity capital; human resource management; France; Great-Britain; Listing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-12
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Published in British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2008, 46 (4), pp.631-673

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