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abstract: 'Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to use the theoretical and
empirical pension literatures to question whether employers are likely
to gain any competitive advantage from degrading or eliminating their
employees'' defined benefit (DB) pensions.
Design/methodology/approach - Critical literature review, bringing
together and synthesizing the industrial relations, economics, social
policy, and applied pensions literature.
Findings - DB pension plans do deliver a number of potential performance
benefits, most notably a decrease in turnover and establishment of
longer-term employment relationships. However, benefits are more
pronounced in some conditions than others, which are identified.
Research limitations/implications - Most of the analysis of pension
effects to date focuses primarily on DB plans. Yet, these are declining
in significance. In the years ahead, more attention needs to be paid to
the potential consequences of defined contribution plans and other types
of pension.
Practical implications - In re-evaluating DB pensions, firms have tended
to focus on savings made through cost cutting. Yet, this approach tends
to view a firm''s people as an expense rather a potential asset. Attempts
to abandon, modify, or otherwise reduce such schemes has the potential
to save money in the short term, but the negative long-term consequences
may be considerable, even if they are not yet obvious.
Originality/value - This paper is topical in that it consolidates
existing research evidence from a number of different bodies of
literature to make a case for the retention of DB pension plans, when,
in many contexts, they are being scaled back or discarded. It raises a
number of important issues for reflection by practitioners, and
highlights key agendas for future scholarly research.'
affiliation: 'Harcourt, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Waikato, Waikato Management
Sch, Dept Strategy \& Human Resource Management, Hamilton, New Zealand.
de Thierry, Ebony; Harcourt, Mark, Univ Waikato, Waikato Management Sch, Dept Strategy
\& Human Resource Management, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Lam, Helen, Athabasca Univ, Fac Business, Ctr Innovat Management, St Albert, AB,
Canada.
Flynn, Matt, Newcastle Univ, Sch Business, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, Tyne \&
Wear, England.
Wood, Geoff, Univ Warwick, Warwick Business Sch, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England.'
author: de Thierry, Ebony and Lam, Helen and Harcourt, Mark and Flynn, Matt and Wood,
Geoff
author-email: mark@waikato.ac.nz
author_list:
- family: de Thierry
given: Ebony
- family: Lam
given: Helen
- family: Harcourt
given: Mark
- family: Flynn
given: Matt
- family: Wood
given: Geoff
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1108/ER-02-2013-0020
eissn: 1758-7069
files: []
issn: 0142-5455
journal: EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
keywords: 'Organizational performance; Performance; Commitment; Economic crisis;
Pensions; Terms and conditions of employment'
keywords-plus: 'OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS; LABOR-MARKET; RETIREMENT; INCOME; PORTABILITY;
MANAGEMENT; COMMITMENT; TENURE; WORK'
language: English
number: '6'
number-of-cited-references: '74'
orcid-numbers: 'Wood, Geoffrey/0000-0001-9709-1823
Flynn, Matt/0000-0003-4566-9464'
pages: 654-673
papis_id: 4bb66380960171183d5f9965817f98d7
ref: Dethierry2014definedbenefit
researcherid-numbers: 'Wood, Geoffrey/ABA-5274-2020
'
times-cited: '7'
title: 'Defined benefit pension decline: the consequences for organizations and employees'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000343322800004
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '18'
volume: '36'
web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor; Management
year: '2014'