Chen, Jie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4076-7121, Leung, Woon Sau ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-2126 and Evans, Kevin P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8854-2629 2016. Are employee-friendly workplaces conducive to innovation? Journal of Corporate Finance 40 , pp. 61-79. 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2016.07.011 |
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Abstract
We find strong evidence that firms with employee-friendly workplaces achieve greater innovative success, particularly in industries where innovation is more difficult to achieve. Furthermore, employee-friendly firms were also more inclined to sustain R&D investment during the recent crisis. These findings are consistent with the view that an employee-friendly workplace helps to develop tolerance for failure, which encourages engagement in innovation. We find no support for alternative explanations, such as employee-friendly workplaces helping to attract and retain talented employees and reducing career concerns of executives, which could nurture innovation.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Business (Including Economics) |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Employee-friendly workplace, Employee relations, Employee satisfaction, Innovation |
Additional Information: | Released with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND) |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 0929-1199 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 22 July 2016 |
Date of Acceptance: | 22 July 2016 |
Last Modified: | 06 Nov 2023 23:23 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/93187 |
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