The same yet different: Worker reports on labour practices and outcomes in a single firm across countries

B-Tier
Journal: Labour Economics
Year: 2008
Volume: 15
Issue: 4
Pages: 749-770

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper examines cross-country differences in labour policies and practices and employee performance and attitudes toward work from a sample of nearly 30,000 employees in a large multinational manufacturing firm. The analysis shows: 1) large establishment and country differences in work practices, performance, and attitudes toward work across countries; 2) qualitatively similar responses of workers to work practices across countries; 3) a strong link between the establishment average of employee reports on the quality of labour-management relations and establishment average measures of employee performance 4) a positive relation between average employee performance and average employee-management relations at the country level, but no relation between country level performance in the firm and measures of the extent of national labour regulations or practices.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:labeco:v:15:y:2008:i:4:p:749-770
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25