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Employee Relations and the Likelihood of Occurrence of Corporate Financial Distress
Author(s) -
Kane Gregory D.,
Velury Uma,
Ruf Bernadette M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of business finance and accounting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.282
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1468-5957
pISSN - 0306-686X
DOI - 10.1111/j.0306-686x.2005.00623.x
Subject(s) - financial distress , distress , industrial relations , labor relations , business , economics , labour economics , financial system , psychology , management , psychotherapist
In this paper, we investigate the association of employee relations with the occurrence of onset of financial distress. We argue that if adverse economic conditions arise, firms that have maintained good employee relations will be more effective in obtaining temporary labor concessions. As a result, firms with good employee relations, to the extent they are dependent on labor in the conduct of business operations, should be more likely to avoid the onset of future financial distress. The empirical findings we document support this prior.