員工關係對科技創新影響

Abstract

本文利用美國1998至2006年間3,336間上市櫃公司為樣本，討論員工關係對科技創新的影響。實證結果顯示，有較佳員工關係的公司有較多的專利數目、專利引用數目及平均每位員工專利數目與專利引用數目。此結果代表好的員工關係有助於創新產出與創新生產力。

This paper investigates the effects of employee relations on technological innovations. The sample consists of 3,336 public listed companies in the United States from 1998 to 2006. The empirical results indicate that firms with better employee relations have higher patent counts, patent citations, patent counts per employee and patent citations per employee, which implies that better employee relations promote innovation.