Unions, Training, and Firm Performance: Evidence from the British Workplace Employee Relations Survey This paper uses a combination of workplace and matched-employee workplace data from the British 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey to examine the impact of unions and firm-provided training (incidence, intensity/coverage, and duration) on establishment performance. The performance effects...

PURPOSE Although nursing homes (NHs) are criticized for offering poor quality continence care, little is known about the organizational processes that underlie this care. This study investigated the influence of organizational culture on continence care practices in two NHs. DESIGN AND METHODS This ethnographic study explored continence care from the perspectives of NH stakeholders, including...

Employee attitudes constitute an important part of the employee-employer relationship in every organization and have a significant effect on the success of the relationship and of the organization as a whole. Developing a non-confrontational attitude amongst employees has been recognized as an essential part in the development of employee commitment and provides the basis for effective workplac...

In this essay, business thinker Peter Drucker examines the changing dynamics of the workforce--in particular, the need for organizations to take just as much care and responsibility when managing temporary and contract workers as they do with their traditional employees. Two fast-growing trends are demanding that business leaders pay more attention to employee relations, Drucker says. First is ...

The aim of this exploratory study is to apply the lens of power to the understanding of progressive discipline in Australian workplace contexts. Using data from the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, we analysed the outcomes of 78 unfair dismissal cases across 17 industries over a four-year period (1997-2000). We found that the application of progressive discipline on employees is conc...

A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has opened the door to increased cooperation between managers and employees by setting a precedent for how companies can structure shared governance entities such as employer-employee management committees without fear of violating the National Labor Relations Act (“NRLA” or “Act”). Beginning in the 1980s, due in large ...

This paper empirically studies union effects on the performance of, and employment relations in, China’s private enterprises. The study finds a positive and statistically significant union effect on labor productivity, but not on profitability. It further finds that unions lead to better employee benefits and increased contract signing in employment. These findings suggest that, in the era of t...