The future of the German industrial relations model
| Autor: | David Marsden |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Arbeitsbeziehungen - internationaler Vergleich
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Economics and Econometrics Labour economics Subjective well-being political agency elections media_common.quotation_subject J24 Großbritannien Industriebetrieb German jel:J24 Globalization Economics ddc:330 institutionelle Faktoren Tarifverhandlungen Zukunftsperspektive Industrial relations Arbeitsorganisation media_common M55 Mitbestimmung German model Arbeitsbeziehungen - internationaler Vergleich Zukunft der Arbeit Zukunftsperspektive Industriebetrieb Tarifverhandlungen Gewerkschaft institutionelle Faktoren Mitbestimmung Arbeitsorganisation Bundesrepublik Deutschland Großbritannien Labor-management relations trade unions collective bargaining human capital skills labor contracting devices Germany language.human_language Bundesrepublik Deutschland HD Industries. Land use. Labor J5 jel:M55 Gewerkschaft Work (electrical) Human resource management jel:J5 Unemployment language Zukunft der Arbeit Work systems |
| Zdroj: | Journal for Labour Market Research. 48(2):169-187 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12651-015-0188-3 |
| Popis: | "The paper examines recent evidence on the erosion of the German industrial relations model. Although its coverage has declined, much of this has occurred in smaller and newer establishments, and compared with Britain, it has remained solid in the areas of Germany's traditional industrial strength. This is explained by the nature of high performance work systems that involve flexible working and on-the-job problem-solving. Both countries have modernised their work systems in recent decades, with German industrial firms maintaining higher degrees of worker autonomy and learning and British ones relying more on managerial control. The survival of the German model in this sector, as compared with services, is attributed to the role of such work systems in the high end of international competition. A model is developed to explain why stable cooperation within these work relationships is enhanced by means of a strong institutional framework. It is then used to explain why employers in the sectors using these systems have continued to work within these institutions. It is argued that employers' increased focus on the match between commercial needs and workplace institutions has contributed to the growing segmentation within German industrial relations which has been widely documented, and represents a departure from the classical post-war German model. The article finishes by asking how far this can go before damaging social and political cohesion." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) |
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