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Employee Voice and Private Sector Workplace Outcomes in Britain, 1980-2004

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Alex Bryson
Rafael Gomez
Tobias Kretschmer
P Willman

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Non-union direct voice has replaced union representative voice as the primary avenue for employeevoice in the British private sector. This paper provides a framework for examining the relationshipbetween employee voice and workplace outcomes that explains this development. As exit-voicetheory predicts, voice is associated with lower voluntary turnover, especially in the case of unionvoice. Union voice is also associated with greater workplace conflict and poorer productivity. Nonunionvoice is associated with better workplace financial performance than other voice regimes.

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Paper provided by Centre for Economic Performance, LSE in its series CEP Discussion Papers with number dp0924.

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Keywords: employee voice; trade unions; productivity; industrial action; quits; labor-managementrelations;

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Find related papers by JEL classification:
J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
J52 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Dispute Resolution: Strikes, Arbitration, and Mediation
J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs

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  1. Alex Bryson & Paul Willman & Rafael Gomez & Tobias Kretschmer, 2007. "Employee Voice and Human Resource Management: An Empirical Analysis using British Data," PSI Research Discussion Series 27, Policy Studies Institute, UK. [Downloadable!]
  2. Sandra E. Black & Lisa M. Lynch, 2001. "How To Compete: The Impact Of Workplace Practices And Information Technology On Productivity," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 83(3), pages 434-445, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Stephen Machin & Stephen Wood, 2005. "Human resource management as a substitute for trade unions in British workplaces," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 58(2), pages 201-218, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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