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The Influence of Stock Market Listing on Human Resource Management: Evidence for France and Britain
Author(s) -
Conway Neil,
Deakin Simon,
Konzelmann Suzanne,
Petit Héloïse,
Rebérioux Antoine,
Wilkinson Frank
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00698.x
Subject(s) - listing (finance) , shareholder , autonomy , stock exchange , human resource management , industrial relations , accounting , business , constraint (computer aided design) , stock (firearms) , human resources , stock market , labour economics , economics , management , finance , political science , corporate governance , law , geography , mechanical engineering , context (archaeology) , archaeology , engineering
We use data from the Relations Professionnelles et Négociations d'Entreprise survey of 2004 and the Workplace Employment Relations Survey of 2004 to analyse how far approaches to human resource management differ according to whether an establishment is part of a company with a stock exchange listing. In both countries we find that listing is positively associated with teamworking and performance‐related pay, while in France, but not in Britain, it is also linked to worker autonomy and training. Our findings are inconsistent with the claim that shareholder pressure operates as a constraint on the adoption of high‐performance workplace practices. The pattern is similar in the two countries, but with a slightly stronger tendency for listing to be associated with high‐performance workplace practices in France.