Corporate governance and training

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 459-487

  Goergen, Marc ^a,b   Brewster, Chris ^c   Wood, Geoffrey ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative HRM; Corporate governance; Training and development; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350465740     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185609339513     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Amable, B.(2003) The Diversity of Modern Capitalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. Aoki, M. (2000) Information, Corporate Governance and Institutional Diversity: Compeitiveness in Japan, the USA and the Transitional Economies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
3. Ashton, D. and Felstead, A. (2001) From Training to Lifelong Learning: The Birth of the Knowledge Society, in J. Storey (ed.) Human Resource Management: A Critical Text. London: Thomson Learning.
4. Babbie, K.(1995) The Practice of Social Research. Belmont: Wadsworth.
5. Blair, M. (1995) Rethinking Assumptions Behind Corporate Governance, Challenge 11(12): 12-18.
6. Brewster, C., Wood, G., Croucher, R. and Brookes, M. (2007) Collective and Individual Voice: Convergence in Europe?, International Journal of Human Resource Management 18(7):1246-62.
7. Brewster, C., Wood, G., Van Ommeren, J. and Brookes, M. (2006) The Determinants of HR Size, Human Resource Management (US) 45(1): 3-21.
8. Deeg, R. and Jackson, G. (2007) Towards a More Dynamic Theory of Capitalist Variety, Socio-Economic Review 5: 149-79.
9. Djankov, S., Glaeser, E., La Porta, R., Lopez-de-Silanes, F. and Shleifer, A. (2003) The New Comparative Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics 31(4): 595-619.
10. Dore, R. (2000) Stock Market Capitalism: Welfare Capitalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
11. Gibbons-Wood, D. and Lange, T. (2000) Developing Core Skills: Lessons from Germany and Sweden, Education+Training 42(1): 24-32.
12. Gold, J. (2003) Human Resource Development, in J. Bratton and J. Gold (eds) Human Resource Management: Theory and Practice. London:Palgrave.
13. Gooderham, P., Nordhaug, O. and Ringdal, K. (1999) 'Institutional and Rational Determinants of Organizational Practices: Human Resource Management in European Firms', Administrative Science Quarterly 44(3): 507-31.
14. Gospel, H. and Pendleton, A.(2005) Corporate Governance and Labour Management: An International Comparison, in H.Gospel and A. Pendleton(eds) Corporate Governance and Labour Management: An International Comparison. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
15. Hall, P. and Gingerich, D. (2004) Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Complementarities in the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Analysis. MPIfG Discussion Paper 04/5.
16. Hall, P. and Soskice, D. (2001) An Introduction to the Varieties of Capitalism, in P. Hall and D. Soskice (eds) Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Basis of Competitive Advantage. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
17. Hancke, B., Rhodes, M. and Thatcher, M. (2006) Introduction: Beyond Varieties of Capitalism, in B. Hancke, M. Rhodes and M. Thatcher (eds) Beyond Varieties of Capitalism: Conflict, Contradictions and Complementarities. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
18. Harcourt, M.and Wood, G.(2003) Under What Circumstances Do Social Accords Work?, Journal of Economic Issues 37(3): 747-67.
19. Harcourt, M. and Wood, G. (2007) The Importance of Employment Protection for Skill Development in Coordinated Market Economies, European Journal of Industrial Relations 13(2):141-59.
20. Heikkenen, A. (1997) Vocational Education as a Life Project: Reflections from the Case of Finland, European Journal of Industrial Training 21(6-7): 213-19.
21. Hopner, M. (2005) What Connects Industrial Relations and Corporate Governance?: Explaining Institutional Complementarity, Socio-Economic Review 3(2):331-58.
22. Infosurvey(2007)20 October 2007 http://www.inforsurvey.com.
23. Issacharoff, S. (1996) Contracting for Employment: The Limited Return of the Common Law, Texas Law Review 74(7):1783-812.
24. Lincoln, J. and Kalleberg, A. (1990) Culture, Control and Commitment: A Study of Work Organization in the United States and Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
25. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (1999) Human Capital Development: An International Comparison. Paris: OECD.
26. Papelexandris, N. and Chalikias, J. (2002) Changes in Training, Performance Management and Communication among Greek Firms in the 1990s, European Journal of Industrial Training26(7):342-52.
27. Patiniotis, N. and Stavroulakis, D. (1997) The Development of Vocational Education Policy in Greece: A Critical Approach, Journal of European Industrial Training 21(6-7): 192-202.
28. Schwab, S.(1993) Life-cycle Justice: Accommodating Just Cause and Employment at Will, Michigan Law Review 92(8): 8-62.
29. Supiot, A. (2001) Beyond Employment. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
30. Thelen, K. (2001) Varieties of Labor Politics in the Developed Democracies, in P. Hall and D. Soskice (eds) Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Basis of Competitive Advantage. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
31. Wailes, N., Kitay, J. and Landsbury, R. (2008) Varieties of Capitalism, Corporate Governance and Industrial Relations under Globalisation, in S. Marshall, R. Mitchell and I. Ramsay (eds) Varieties of Capitalism, Corporate Governance and Employees, pp.19-38. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
32. Whitley, R.(1999) Divergent Capitalisms: The Social Structuring and Change of Business Systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
33. Wright, E.O. and Dwyer, R.(2006) The Pattern of Job Expansion in the USA, in G. Wood and P. James (eds) Institutions, Production and Working Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press.