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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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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12308
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 | ||||||||
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| 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 |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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