hypothesis that financial and productivity performance is superior in establishments without worker representation is not … favorable regime for financial performance, although this does not carry over to the labor productivity outcome. On net, however …, the evidence suggests that the selected management practices are likely to be favorable to performance in plants with and …

representation (in unions and works councils) and innovative work practices on firm performance. The focus is on the growing links … between these two historically separate literatures. The interaction between worker representation and high performance work …-determined hierarchy for productivity performance and certainly no blue-print for the future of unions. -- worker representation ; employee …