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Catching a Wave: the Adoption of Voice and High Commitment Workplace Practices in Britain: 1984-1998

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Alex Bryson
Rafael Gomez
Tobias Kretschmer

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In this paper we treat workplace voice and systems of high-commitment human resourcemanagement (HCHRM) as technological innovations in order to account for the unevendiffusion patterns observed across establishments. Using British data, the paper finds thatvariables highlighted in the technological diffusion literature are significant predictors of voiceand HRM adoption decisions. Workplace size, size of multi-establishment network, ownershiptype, set-up date and network affects all play a significant role in high-commitment HRMadoption. We also find that union presence, per se, is not an inhibitor to the adoption of highcommitment HRM practices.

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Keywords: High-commitment work practices; voice; unions; technology diffusion; complementarities;

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J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management
O33 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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