Variable Pay, Industrial Relations and Foreign Ownership: Evidence from Germany

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We estimate of the determinants of performance appraisal, profit sharing and employee share ownership schemes for a representative sample of German establishments. The results demonstrate that foreign owned establishments make more use of each of these HRM practices than domestically owned establishments. Moreover, the role of Germany's unique works councils varies critically by ownership. Among domestically owned establishments, works councils are associated with an increased probability of using each of the three practices but this does not hold true for foreign owned establishments. These results inform the on-going debate over the extent to which foreign firms adopt uniform practices independent of local institution and the extent to which they adapt and participate in those local institutions.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Research Papers in Economics ; No. 5/11

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Multinational Firms; International Business ; Compensation Packages; Payment Methods ; Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence ; Personnel Economics: Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
• Subject: Foreign Owners ; Works Councils ; Performance Appraisal ; Profit Sharing ; Employee Share Ownership

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Heywood, John S. ; Jirjahn, Uwe
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Universität Trier, Fachbereich IV – Volkswirtschaftslehre
• (where): Trier
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/88646
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