The Effects of Union and Nonunion Forms of Employee Representation on High‐Performance Work Systems: New Evidence from French Microdata

• Published in: Human resource management Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 173 - 189
• Main Authors: Laroche, Patrice, Salesina, Marc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.01.2017; Wiley Periodicals Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Business administration; Economics and Finance; Employee involvement; Employee management relations; employee representation; High performance systems; high‐performance work system; Human resource management; Humanities and Social Sciences; Labor unions; Nonunion; Regression analysis; REPONSE survey; strategic HR; Studies; Unionization; unions; Work environment; France

This article investigates the effects of union and nonunion employee representation (ER) on the use of high‐performance work systems (HPWSs) in the French context. We use microdata from a nationally representative survey (REPONSE 2010–11) and estimate models dealing with the potential endogeneity of...