Zeitoun, Hossam and Pamini, Paolo (2021) A promise made is a promise kept : union voice, HRM practices, implicit contracts and workplace performance in times of crisis. Human Resource Management Journal, 31 (1). pp. 277-292. doi:10.1111/1748-8583.12308

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Abstract

Sociological debates on financialization emphasize that workplace-based productivity bargains between employers and employees are often precarious. This literature suggests that where employers are unable to keep their side of the bargain, participative arrangements with employees are likely to become unsustainable in generating high workplace performance. Recessions substantially increase the pressures on employers to breach (unwritten and invisible) implicit bargains with employees. We propose that a robust (rather than shallow) implementation of union voice and HRM practices will make implicit bargains more resilient and benefit workplace performance if recession impact is high. Using two waves of the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (2004 and 2011), we examine our hypotheses in the context of the deep 2008-2009 recession and find supportive evidence—especially in (a) firms without a dominant individual or family owner and (b) growing markets.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HG Finance H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Financialization, Personnel management, Incentives in industry -- Economic models, Labor economics, Labor unions
Journal or Publication Title:	Human Resource Management Journal
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	0954-5395
Official Date:	January 2021
Dates:	Date Event January 2021 Published 21 July 2020 Available 31 May 2020 Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit:	9 June 2020
Volume:	31
Number:	1
Page Range:	pp. 277-292
DOI:	10.1111/1748-8583.12308
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Publisher Statement:	"This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Zeitoun, H, Pamini, P. A promise made is a promise kept: Union voice, HRM practices, implicit contracts and workplace performance in times of crisis. Hum Resour Manag J. 2020; 1– 16. which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12308. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions."
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:	Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID PBZHP1_143612 [SNSF] Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001711
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