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Anglo-Saxon corporate governance and the employment relationship: a case to answer?

Deakin, S. and Hobbs, R. and Konzelmann, Suzanne J. and Wilkinson, F. (2005) Anglo-Saxon corporate governance and the employment relationship: a case to answer? Socio-Economic Review 4 (1), pp. 155-174. ISSN 1475-1461.

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Abstract

The corporate governance environment in the UK and US is generally thought to be hostile to the emergence of cooperative employment relations of the kind exemplified by labour–management partnerships. We discuss case-study evidence from the UK which suggests that, contrary to this widespread perception, enduring and proactive partnerships may develop, in conditions where management can convince shareholders of the long-term gains from this approach, and where other regulatory factors operate to extend the time-horizon for financial returns. We conclude that there is more scope than is commonly allowed for measures which could reconcile liquidity in capital markets with cooperation in labour relations.

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Item Type: Article
Keyword(s) / Subject(s): corporate governance, labour–management partnerships, stakeholding
School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School
Research Centres and Institutes: Responsible Business Centre
Depositing User: Sue Konzelmann
Date Deposited: 11 Jan 2013 17:44
Last Modified: 13 Apr 2025 10:44
URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/5833

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