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| Author: | Colvin, A.J.S. |
| Title: | Flexibility and fair´ness in liberal market economies: the comparative impact of the legal environment and high-performance work systems |
| Journal: | British Journal of Industrial Relations
2006 : MAR, VOL. 44:1, p. 73-97 |
| Index terms: | country comparisons flexibility legal systems market economy |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article examines management flexibility in employment decision making in the United States and Canada through a cross-national survey of organizations in representative jurisdictions in each country, Pennsylvania and Ontario. The results suggest that, compared to their Ontario counterparts, organizations in Pennsylvania have a higher degree of flexibility in employment outcomes, such a higher dismissal and discipline rates, yet do not experience any greater flexibility or simplicity in management hiring and firing decisions. The explanation may lie in the finding that organizations in Pennsylvania experience greater legal pressures on decision making, reflecting the generally more intense conflict in the employment law system in United States. However, high-performance work systems, which some have regarded as s possible management-driven mechanism for enhancing fairness in employment, had more modest effects. |
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