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Firm Performance and Employee Relations

In: Employee Relations in Foreign-Owned Subsidiaries

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  • Heinz-Josef Tüselmann

    (Manchester Metropolitan University Business School)

  • Frank McDonald

    (Bradford University School of Management)

  • Arne Heise

    (Universität Hamburg)

  • Matthew M. C. Allen

    (Manchester Metropolitan University Business School)

  • Svitlana Voronkova

    (University of Dublin)

Abstract

As outlined in the introductory chapter, the link between employee relations (ER) and performance in overseas subsidiaries of MNCs is more complex than that for indigenous firms. The preceding chapter has shown that ER patterns in MNCs’ international operations will be the outcome of a complex interaction between home-country, host-country and dominance effects. In turn, the results of this interplay — that is, the actual ER approaches adopted in subsidiaries — will influence subsidiary performance. Therefore, it is necessary to examine the theoretical aspects and the empirical evidence on the associations between measures of firm performance and different ER approaches. This entails a discussion of the effects on performance of the main voice structures in Germany and the United Kingdom. It also requires consideration of the effects of US-style direct voice approaches (which have been dubbed best practice) on firm performance. More specifically, it is necessary to examine the literature relating to trade unions, JCCs, works councils, high-involvement systems (HISs) and partnership models. This examination will be located within the framework set out in Chapter 5. In this framework, ‘voice’ provides an overarching concept to integrate these discrete literatures.

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  • Heinz-Josef Tüselmann & Frank McDonald & Arne Heise & Matthew M. C. Allen & Svitlana Voronkova, 2007. "Firm Performance and Employee Relations," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Employee Relations in Foreign-Owned Subsidiaries, chapter 4, pages 37-74, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59200-1_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230592001_4
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    1. Pisch, Frank & Berlingieri, Giuseppe, 2022. "Managing Export Complexity: The Role of Service Outsourcing," Publications of Darmstadt Technical University, Institute for Business Studies (BWL) 135680, Darmstadt Technical University, Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law, Institute for Business Studies (BWL).
    2. Daniela Kletzan-Slamanig & Angela Köppl & Hans Pitlik & Margit Schratzenstaller, 2023. "Der Finanzausgleich als Hebel zur Umsetzung der österreichischen Klimaziele. Handlungsfelder und konzeptionelle Grundlagen," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 70785.
    3. Manas Ranjan Tripathy & Tavleen Kaur, 2012. "Perceptions of Employees on Information Checks by Employers using Social Networking Sites in IT Sector," Management and Labour Studies, XLRI Jamshedpur, School of Business Management & Human Resources, vol. 37(4), pages 345-358, November.

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