Corporate Governance and Labour Management
An International Comparison
Andrew Pendleton editor Howard Gospel editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:7th Oct '04
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This book is about the relationship between corporate governance regimes and labour management. It examines how finance and governance influence employment relationships, work organization, and industrial relations by means of a comparative analysis of Anglo-American, European, and Japanese economies. The starting point is the distinction widely found in the corporate governance, business systems, and political economy literature between countries dominated by 'shareholder value' conceptions of corporate governance and those characterized by 'stakeholder' regimes. By drawing on a wide range of countries, the book is able to demonstrate the complexities of corporate governance arrangements and to present a more precise and nuanced exploration of the linkages between governance and labour management. Each country-based chapter provides an analysis of the evolution and key characteristics of corporate governance and then links this to labour management institutions and practices. The chapters cover the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain, with each written by a leading academic expert in the field. By providing a historical review of the evolution of national systems, the contributors provide judicious evaluations of the current state and future direction of national governance and labour relations systems. Overall, the book goes beyond the 'complementarities' between governance and labour management systems identified in recent literature, and attempts to identify causal relationships between the two. It shows how labour management institutions and practices may influence finance and corporate governance systems, as well as vice versa The contributions to this book illuminate current debates about the determinants of corporate governance, the convergence of national 'varieties of capitalism', and the impact of corporate governance on managerial behaviour. The book highlights the complexities of corporate governance systems and refines the distinction between market/outsider and relational/insider systems.
Review from previous edition This book provides a wonderful comparative literature review and, as such, would be of great use in graduate seminars on the topic of worldwide governance practices... Overall, this is an excellent comprehensive text that draws together a tremendous amount of information and observation about world governance, and offers great insights into current world governance practices. The book should be of interest to any scholar interested in international governance and how governance systems worldwide are evolving. * Corporate Governance: An International Review *
A very timely book... an important contribution. * British Journal of Industrial Relations *
An excellent source for anyone who wants a better understanding of the rich complexities of governance and labour management... * Human Resource Management Journal *
ISBN: 9780199263677
Dimensions: 242mm x 164mm x 27mm
Weight: 746g
400 pages