Works Councils and Organizational Performance

被引：0

作者：

van den Berg, Annette ^{[1
,2
]}

Grift, Yolanda ^{[1
]}

van Witteloostuijn, Arjen ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Utrecht, Sch Econ, NL-3512 BL Utrecht, Netherlands

[2] Univ Antwerp, Fac Appl Econ, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium

[3] Tilburg Univ, Dept Org & Strategy, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands

来源：

JOURNAL OF LABOR RESEARCH | 2011年 / 32卷 / 02期

关键词：

Works councils; Codetermination; Reorganization; Organizational performance; Interaction; Managerial response; PRODUCTIVITY; VARIANCE;

D O I：

10.1007/s12122-011-9105-x

中图分类号：

F24 [劳动经济];

学科分类号：

020106 ; 020207 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;

摘要：

Most studies on the effects of works councils simply analyze whether their mere presence contributes to firm performance. This study seeks to offer a contribution to the literature by adding, to date, largely unexplored potential contingencies: the attitudes of Dutch top managers and works councils as to the functioning of the latter, in bad vis-A -vis good times. The overall conclusion from our probit analyses is that the way in which management and works councils interact, and hence the way in which codetermination is implemented, makes all the difference to the firm's economic position. Our most compelling finding relates to the role of management: a positive attitude of managers toward the works council is positively associated with organizational performance, both in the private and the public sector. In the private sector, this result is even reinforced in times of reorganization.

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页码：136 / 156

页数：21