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CEP discussion paper
The Impact of an Innovative Human Resource Function on Firm Performance: the Moderating Role of Financing Strategy

The current study examined the impact of the human resource function and financing strategy on the financial performance of 104 UK manufacturing firms. Hypotheses are drawn from a resource-based perspective on human reso...Read more...

J Dawson, Neal Knight-Turvey, Andrew Neal and M West

April 2004

CEP discussion paper
Organizational Climate and Company Productivity: the Role of Employee Affect and Employee Level

Consistent with a growing number of models about affect and behaviour and with a recognition that perception alone provides no impetus for action, it was predicted that associations between company climate and productivi...Read more...

M Patterson, P Warr and M West

April 2004

CEP discussion paper
Do Organisational Climate and Strategic Orientation Moderate the Relationship Between Human Resource Management Practices and Productivity?

Contingency formulations of Human Resource Management (HRM) theory suggest that the effectiveness of HRM practices should vary across firms. This study examined whether the relationship between HRM practices and producti...Read more...

Andrew Neal, M Patterson and M West

March 2004

CEP occasional paper
Finding our way: vocational education in England

Charles Clarke has recently described England as having 'a weak offer for those who want a vocational orientation to their studies.' This discussion paper analyzes the weaknesses of vocational education in this country a...Read more...

Hilary Steedman and M West

May 2003

CEP discussion paper
The Effectiveness of Top Management Groups in Manufacturing Organisations

We test whether demographic characteristics and team processes in top management teams predict the subsequent productivity and profitability of their companies in 42 UK manufacturing organisation. The results that there ...Read more...

J Dawson, Stephen Nickell, M Patterson and M West

November 1999

CentrePiece article
A path to profit

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J Dawson, M Patterson and M West

October 1999

CentrePiece article
People power

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M Patterson and M West

October 1998

CEP discussion paper
Gains From the Trade: The Hold Up Problem

In the presence of product market imperfections and holdups, this paper identifies efficiency gains resulting from international trade and economic integration. In a closed economy, a bilateral monopoly is operating and ...Read more...

M West

July 1996

CEP discussion paper
Intra-Industry Trade Firm Mobility and the Union Bargaining Game

This paper considers the impact of economic integration on wages and employment in a second-best world where countries are identical in all respects. It is first shown that international trade increases the competitive p...Read more...

M West

July 1996

CentrePiece article
The promise of team-working

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Rebecca Lawthorn and M West

February 1996

CEP discussion paper
Innovation, Cultural Values and the Management of Change in British Hospital Management

In this paper we describe the results of a study if innovation in the management teams of 27 UK hospitals. It is argued that the content of innovations provide an accurate representation of the underlying cultural values...Read more...

Neil Anderson and M West

September 1992

CEP discussion paper
Management Consultancy: Dimensions of Client-Consultancy Relationships

Although a great deal of management consultancy has been carried out in a wide variety of settings, very little research has been conducted examining underlying dimensions of the client-consultant relationship. The prese...Read more...

J Fullerton and M West

September 1992

CEP discussion paper
On Elephants and Blind Researchers: Methods for Accessing Culture in Organisations

This research compares two pre-existing methodologies for accessing culture, repertory grids and focused group discussions, with a modified version of the Twenty Statements Test (Kuhn and McPartland, 1954), a method orig...Read more...

V Locatelli and M West

September 1992

CEP discussion paper
Collective Climates: A Test of their Socio-Psychological Significance

This paper contributes to the debate in the literature on organizational climate concerning the conceptual and empirical meaning of aggregation of the perceptions of individuals. Use of the mean has been criticised becau...Read more...

M Patterson, R Payne and M West

September 1992