Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33309 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1620
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Drawing on evidence from the United States and Germany, this paper offers a survey of the effects of worker representation (in unions and works councils) and innovative work practices on firm performance. The focus is on the growing links between these two historically separate literatures. The interaction between worker representation and high performance work practices provides a practical means of peering inside the black box of collective voice, even if there is as yet no well-determined hierarchy for productivity performance and certainly no blue-print for the future of unions.
Subjects: 
worker representation
employee involvement mechanisms
innovative work practices
training
firm/establishment performance
JEL: 
J51
J53
M54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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