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CEP discussion paper
Not so dissatisfied after all? The impact of union coverage on job satisfaction

The links between unionisation and job satisfaction remain controversial. In keeping with the existing literature we find strong statistically significant negative correlations between unionisation and overall job satisf...Read more...

Alex Bryson and Michael White

4 June 2014

CentrePiece article
Human resource management: how much do firms really need?

More complete systems of human resource management (HRM) could deliver really extensive gains in employee motivation, according to an analysis of representative data from British workplaces by Michael White and Alex Brys...Read more...

Alex Bryson and Michael White

10 December 2013

CEP discussion paper
HRM and Workplace Motivation: Incremental and Threshold Effects

The HRM-performance linkage often invokes an assumption of increased employee commitment to the organization and other positive effects of a motivational type. We present a theoretical framework in which motivational eff...Read more...

Alex Bryson and Michael White

21 November 2011

CEP discussion paper
Organizational Commitment: Do Workplace Practices Matter?

Using nationally-representative linked employer-employee data for Britain this paper considers whether employers are able to influence the organizational commitment (OC) of their employees through the practices they depl...Read more...

Alex Bryson and Michael White

July 2008

CEP discussion paper
Unions, Job Reductions and Job Security Guarantees: the Experience of British Employees

A national survey makes it possible to examine employees? awareness of net overall reductions in the size of the workforce along with their awareness of employer policies that promise `no compulsory redundancies?. Differ...Read more...

Alex Bryson and Michael White

August 2006

CEP discussion paper
Unions, Within-Workplace Job Cuts and Job Security Guarantees

Using data from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey 1998, this paper shows that unionisation increased the probability of within-workplace job cuts and the incidence of job security guarantees. As theory predicts, ...Read more...

Alex Bryson and Michael White

July 2006