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Governance Processes, Employee Voice and Performance Outcomes in the Construction of Heathrow Terminal 5

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Simon Deakin
Aristea Koukiadaki
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The Major Projects Agreement (MPA) is a framework agreement designed to improve performance in large mechanical and electrical engineering projects. It is built on integrated team working and includes the trade union as a partner in strategic, organizational and employment decisions. The agreement was recently implemented in the construction of Heathrow Terminal 5 (T5). The use of the MPA at T5 illustrates how the promotion of a framework that legitimizes a role for unions in continuing dialogue with employers can positively affect organizational outcomes in large construction projects. While serving as a reminder that mechanisms exist within UK corporate governance for the representation and articulation of the interests of non-shareholder constituencies, T5 may be a unique case: the currently uncertain future of the MPA is indicative of wider constraints on the adoption of the partnership model in Britain.

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Keywords: corporate governance; labour-management relations; partnership; stakeholder theory;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
J52 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Dispute Resolution: Strikes, Arbitration, and Mediation
K12 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Contract Law
K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law
L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation

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  1. Sarah Oxenbridge & William Brown & Simon Deakin & Cliff Pratten, 2003. "Initial Responses to the Statutory Recognition Provisions of the Employment Relations Act 1999," British Journal of Industrial Relations, Blackwell Publishers Ltd/London School of Economics, vol. 41(2), pages 315-334, 06. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. John Armour & Simon Deakin & Suzanne J. Konzelmann, 2003. "Shareholder Primacy and the Trajectory of UK Corporate Governance," British Journal of Industrial Relations, Blackwell Publishers Ltd/London School of Economics, vol. 41(3), pages 531-555, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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