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Exploring The Impact Of Collective Bargaining Agreements On Employee Performance Management, Nana Gyesie
Exploring The Impact Of Collective Bargaining Agreements On Employee Performance Management, Nana Gyesie
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
As of 2014, union density in the United States had dropped compared to union density during the 1950s. Collective bargaining agreements are the foundational agreement for all issues related to salary, benefits, and working conditions. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore how collective bargaining agreements hindered or enabled managers from creating and sustaining high performance work practices. The conceptual framework included Walton and McKersie's work on behavioral theories for labor negotiations, human capital, and collective bargaining, and Huselid's work on high performance work practices. Fifteen respondents across 5 labor unions in Washington DC were selected through …