Title: High-performance work practices and labour productivity: the contingent effect of family governance

Authors: Frank Mullins; Pankaj C. Patel; Esra Memili; Veland Ramadani

Addresses: University of Alabama in Huntsville, College of Business, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA ' Villanova School of Business, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA ' University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Bryan School of Business & Economics, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA ' South East European University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Bul. Ilinden No. 335, 1200 Tetovo, North Macedonia

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the family governance context on the relationship between high performance work practices (HPWPs) and labour productivity. This study uses cross-sectional data from the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Survey on 193 UK establishments. Our findings demonstrate that firms with family governance have a stronger, positive HPWPs-labour productivity relationship compared to other firms. Furthermore, firm size matters as the effect of family governance strengthens this relationship as firm size increases. This paper contributes to the research on the contextual factors that determine the effectiveness of HPWPs by highlighting the role of the family governance context including its boundary conditions on the basis of firm size.

Keywords: high performance work practices; HPWPs; labour productivity; family firms; firm size; corporate governance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2023.134686

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2023 Vol.50 No.4, pp.433 - 458

Received: 11 Oct 2020
Accepted: 31 Oct 2020
Published online: 06 Nov 2023 *

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