KATZ J.G. – COLVIN A.J. – BATT R.L., How high performance human resource practices and workforce unionization affect managerial pay. Cornell University, 2001

Abstract

Using data from a nationally representative sample of telecommunications establishments, this study finds that HR practices and workforce unionization influence managerial pay levels and the ratio of manager-toworker pay. High performance HR practices, including investment in the skills of the workforce, in computerbased technologies, and in performance-based worker pay practices, are all positively related to managerial pay; but the use of workforce teams, which shift some managerial responsibilities to workers, has the opposite association. High performance HR practices also are associated with lower manager-to-worker pay differentials. In addition, workforce unionization is positively associated with managerial pay levels, with worker base pay mediating the relationship between managers’ pay and unionization. Leggi l’articolo completo