Corporate governance and labour management : an international comparison

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Corporate governance and labour management : an international comparison

edited by Howard Gospel and Andrew Pendleton

Oxford University Press, 2006, c2005

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"First published in paperback 2006."--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-349) and index

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This book is about the relationship between corporate governance regimes and labour management. It examines how finance and governance influence employment relationships, work organization, and industrial relations by means of a comparative analysis of Anglo-American, European, and Japanese economies. The starting point is the distinction widely found in the corporate governance, business systems, and political economy literature between countries dominated by 'shareholder value' conceptions of corporate governance and those characterized by 'stakeholder' regimes. By drawing on a wide range of countries, the book is able to demonstrate the complexities of corporate governance arrangements and to present a more precise and nuanced exploration of the linkages between governance and labour management. Each country-based chapter provides an analysis of the evolution and key characteristics of corporate governance and then links this to labour management institutions and practices. The chapters cover the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain, with each written by a leading academic expert in the field. By providing a historical review of the evolution of national systems, the contributors provide judicious evaluations of the current state and future direction of national governance and labour relations systems. Overall, the book goes beyond the 'complementarities' between governance and labour management systems identified in recent literature, and attempts to identify causal relationships between the two. It shows how labour management institutions and practices may influence finance and corporate governance systems, as well as vice versa. The contributions to this book illuminate current debates about the determinants of corporate governance, the convergence of national 'varieties of capitalism', and the impact of corporate governance on managerial behaviour. The book highlights the complexities of corporate governance systems and refines the distinction between market/outsider and relational/insider systems.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • 1. Corporate Governance and Labour Management: An International Comparison
  • 2. Corporate Governance and Employees in the United States
  • 3. Markets and Relationships: Finance, Governance, and Labour in the United Kingdom
  • 4. Corporate Governance and Employees in Germany: Changing Linkages, Complementarities, and Tensions
  • 5. Corporate Governance in Germany: Ownership, Codetermination, and Firm Performance in a Stakeholder Economy
  • 6. Corporate Governance and Labour Management in the Netherlands: Getting the Best of Both Worlds?
  • 7. Labour in French Corporate Governance: The Missing Link
  • 8. Corporate Governance and Employment Relations: Spain in the Context of Western Europe
  • 9. Corporate Governance and Industrial Relations in Italy
  • 10. Corporate Governance, Labour, and Employment Relations in Japan: The Future of the Stakeholder Model?
  • 11. Towards a Comparative Perspective on Corporate Governance and Labour Management: Enterprise Coalitions and National Trajectories

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