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Looking for HRM/Union Substitution: Evidence From British Workplaces

Overview This paper tests the HRM/union substitution hypothesis that human resource management (HRM) practices act as a substitute for unionization. The paper uses British workplace data between 1980 and 1998 which allows examining for the first time whether increased HRM incidence has coincided with union decline. This paper finds no evidence of HRM substitution operating in the hypothesised way of it replacing unions and concludes that increased HRM incidence does not seem to be an important factor underpinning union decline in Britain.

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PublisherLondon School of Economics and Political Science File FormatPDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date PublishedJanuary 2004 Downloads4
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