Corporations, collective action and corporate governance: One size does not fit all

2005 ◽  
pp. 179-204
Author(s):  
J. Harold Mulherin
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Collective Action

Can Institutional Investors Improve Corporate Governance Through Collective Action?

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Doidge ◽  
I. J. Alexander Dyck ◽  
Hamed Mahmudi ◽  
Aazam Virani
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Institutional Investors

Precarious Labor Power and Japan’s Neoliberalizing Firms

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-89
Author(s):  
Saori Shibata
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Temporary Employment ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
Labor Power ◽  
Employment Security ◽  
Precarious Labor

This chapter presents four case studies documenting ways in which Japan's precarious workers have mobilized in opposition to Japanese employers, and some of the effects that the workers have had in doing so. Nonregular workers face working conditions characterized by precarity, lack of bargaining power, low wages, and a rapid turnover of employment. Nevertheless, these case studies illustrate a number of important ways in which, through collective action, nonregular workers in Japan have been able to impose a number of sanctions on employers and receive a range of important concessions. This has led to changes in corporate governance, better treatment of workers, the payment of unpaid wages, and improved employment security. In some cases, solidarity among precarious workers has led to the collapse of temporary employment agencies (temp agencies), clearly demonstrating that workers' acts of refusal can generate changes in employment practices.

scholarly journals Ownership strategy: A governance mechanism for collective action and responsible ownership

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-45
Author(s):  
Gudrun Erla Jonsdottir ◽  
Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson ◽  
Thomas Poulsen
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Governance Mechanism ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Ownership Strategy ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Responsible Ownership

A new strand of corporate governance literature on ownership is developing the next generation of the concept of active ownership: responsible ownership. This paper aims to contribute to this strand of literature by addressing an inchoate element of responsible ownership: collective action by owners. We introduce an ownership strategy as a governance mechanism for collective action and responsible ownership and ask how an ownership strategy improves corporate governance. Using data from semi-structured interviews with owner representatives, board members, and non-executive insiders, together with observation and documentary analysis, we find support for the theoretical construction and an answer to the research question. Specifically, we find that the ownership strategy functions as a collaboration pact, which cultivates long-termism, and that the outcome is improved agency, i.e. that both the relationship between owners and directors and between directors and management is improved due to better alignment. The findings indicate that an ownership strategy establishes a much-needed long-term focus and commitment of owners while creating a sense of security and understanding among the members of the board of directors, i.e. that they are working with the will of their owners. As such, it suggests new avenues of research for corporate governance literature.

Ideas and Leaders in Contentious Politics: One Parish Priest in El Salvador's Popular Movement

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 76-101
Author(s):  
PETER M. SANCHEZ
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Parish Priest ◽  
Historical Moment ◽  
Resource Mobilisation ◽  
The Church

AbstractThis paper examines the actions of one Salvadorean priest – Padre David Rodríguez – in one parish – Tecoluca – to underscore the importance of religious leadership in the rise of El Salvador's contentious political movement that began in the early 1970s, when the guerrilla organisations were only just beginning to develop. Catholic leaders became engaged in promoting contentious politics, however, only after the Church had experienced an ideological conversion, commonly referred to as liberation theology. A focus on one priest, in one parish, allows for generalisation, since scores of priests, nuns and lay workers in El Salvador followed the same injustice frame and tactics that generated extensive political mobilisation throughout the country. While structural conditions, collective action and resource mobilisation are undoubtedly necessary, the case of religious leaders in El Salvador suggests that ideas and leadership are of vital importance for the rise of contentious politics at a particular historical moment.

The Evolution of Corporate Governance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Tricker
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance
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