Employee roles in governance: contrasting the UK and German experience
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2004
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The paper examines the role of employees in governance. The paper highlights from a theory basis that employee and shareholder utilities can be coincident. However, it shows that corporate practice with respect to employee involvement in governance and decision-making is diverse. The paper draws out the contrast in approaches between the Anglo-American and the German approach to employees by detailing differences in employee power, career patterns, ownership patterns and legal obligations. These lead to enactment of a different structural and cultural governance systems; which are encapsulated in the unitary board structure of the UK and the two-tier German approach. The strengths and limitations of the unitary board and two-tier boards are highlighted, and the case for convergence examined.Citation
Corporate Governance: International Journal of Business in Society, 4(4): 16-28Publisher
EmeraldJournal
Corporate Governance: International Journal of Business in SocietyType
Journal articleLanguage
enISSN
1472-0701ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1108/1472700410558853
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