The prospect of decent work, decent industrial relations and decent social relations in China: towards a multi-level and multi-disciplinary approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Lee Cooke ◽  
Jiuping Xu ◽  
Huimin Bian
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Multi Level

Employment Protection Legislation in Haiti

2018 ◽  
pp. 209-221
Author(s):  
Samir Amine ◽  
Wilner Predelus
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Labor Law ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Employment Protection Legislation ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Protection Legislation ◽  
Employment Legislation

The merit of employment regulations in a market economy is often measured by their effectiveness in facilitating job creation without jeopardizing the notion of “decent work,” as defined by the International Labor Organization (ILO). Consequently, the recent literature on employment legislation has extensively focused on the flexibility of the labor market, as a fair middle ground is always necessary to avoid undue distortions that can negatively impact the economy and worker's wellbeing. This chapter analyzes the provisions of the labor law in Haiti and how it affects job security and flexibility to observe a flexible structure that rather benefits employers. Notably, labor law in Haiti may have in fact rendered workers more vulnerable because these labor legislations were enacted on the assumption that employers and workers are on the same footing when it comes to industrial relations, while historic facts do not support such an assumption.

The role of collective bargaining in addressing flexibility and security

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Paolucci
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Organizational Characteristics ◽  
Considerable Degree ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Union Representation ◽  
Multi Level

This article examines the role of collective bargaining in addressing flexibility and security in the chemical and pharmaceutical sector in Italy and Denmark. My multi-level and comparative focus on collective bargaining highlights that sector-level industrial relations institutions account for a considerable degree of within-country homogeneity in the content of company agreements over issues of flexibility and security. Moreover, it shows that the degree of company-level heterogeneity is conditioned primarily by firm-level contingencies: union representation and organizational characteristics. This means that at company level, both institutional and non-institutional structures are important explanatory variables.

Labour Relations in Disorganized Capitalism: A Five-Nation Comparison

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Lash ◽  
P Bagguley
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Alternative Account ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Recent Developments

A critique of the ‘Regulation School's' account of the development of ‘post-Fordist’ patterns of industrial relations is presented. An alternative account of the ‘disorganization’ of capitalist social relations is presented with particular emphasis on the role of agents of disorganization of labour relations, It is shown through a comparative analysis of recent developments in industrial relations in Sweden, West Germany, France, Great Britain, and the United States of America that the particular patterns of disorganization will vary depending on whether capital, labour, or the state has most influence over the process of restructuring.

scholarly journals Pacts for employment and competitiveness – an opportunity to reflect on the role and practice of collective bargaining

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 600-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Sisson
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Level System ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
National Systems

Pacts for employment and competitiveness (PECs) raise understandable concerns about the potential for ‘concession bargaining', ‘regime competition’ and the fragmentation of the inclusive collective bargaining structures characteristic of most European national systems. PECs are not themselves the source of the problem, however, and are unlikely to be a temporary phenomenon. Rather PECs are a manifestation of wider changes taking place in the process and structure of collective bargaining, reflecting the more complex role collective bargaining is playing in the light of ‘globalisation’ in general and ‘Europeanisation’ in particular. These developments are also bringing about a measure of convergence across EU countries in the form of substantial changes in the levels, scope, form and output of collective bargaining, all of which are being encouraged by the emerging multi-level system of industrial relations in Europe.

Rethinking 'Regional Industrial Relations': Space, Place and the Social Relations of Work

1999 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 536-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradon Ellem ◽  
John Shields
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Local Modes ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Strategic Orientations ◽  
Local Labour ◽  
The Social ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Labour Regulation

The dismantling of centralised modes of labour regulation and the emergence of new spatial divisions of labour under 'globalisation' have produced renewed interest in 'regional industrial relations'. Yet much of the existing literature in this genre—and industrial relations scholarship in general—remains wedded to a positivist conception of space. The most promising avenues for reconceptualising the spatiality of capital-labour relations are to be found in the work of radical economic geographers. They recognise that space itself is a human construct and that capital and labour have differing mobilities and, therefore, different subjective and strategic orientations to space and to particular places. From these premises, they argue that local labour markets are the points of intersection between production and reproduction and the primary focus of attention of local modes of labour regulation. These insights, we suggest, provide the means to rethink what has been described as regional industrial relations and capital- labour relations more generally.

scholarly journals Leadership and elite interviews

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomaz Schara ◽  
Richard Common
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Constructivist Grounded Theory ◽  
Substantial Contribution ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Elite Interviews ◽  
The Eu

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate critically the constructivist-grounded theory in elite interviews, the methodology used for this research. Design/methodology/approach – The research is about the challenges of the EU rail industry integration in the context of EU integration as seen and told by the involved actors. In particular, the integration process requires leadership in the multi-level governance context of the EU and in the transition from state monopolies to businesses providing services on the integrated market. This provides a potential source of theoretically and practically relevant research questions; and second rigorous grounded research methodologies will bring insight that transcends the currently accepted formal and public statements about the phenomena. The work is situated within social constructivist ontology, enacted through a rigorous grounded theory approach to understanding the current challenges of the industry and seeking more effective developments for the future. Findings – Findings place the concepts of leadership and debt into a relationship that could offer profound understanding of certain social relations and contribute to the growth of theory and practice. These findings are also elaborated in this paper as reflections on the methodological process. Research limitations/implications – Contribution to theory and practice supports the relevance and rigor of “constructivist-grounded theory in elite interviews” as a methodological approach. Practical implications – In particular, it supports qualitative research in complex political environments, such as the multi-level governance structures of the EU. Social implications – A clearer understanding of leadership within such dynamic contexts can make a substantial contribution to better policy-making in the EU and better outcomes for its citizens. Originality/value – Further analysis and research of the concepts of leadership and debt and their relationship could offer profound understanding of certain social relations and contribute to the growth of theory and practice.

Human Dignity and Power: Worker Struggles against Precarity in U.S. Agribusiness

2021 ◽  
pp. 0160449X2110179
Author(s):  
Matthew Fischer-Daly
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
Precarious Employment ◽  
Precarious Work ◽  
Power Resources ◽  
Employment Standards

While precarious employment expands, instances of workers improving employment standards motivate examination of the dynamics of advancing decent work. This article analyzes cases of workers shifting from precarious toward decent work in U.S. agribusiness. Building on bargaining-power theory from industrial relations and human development theory from sociological philosophy, it finds that workers build power resources sequentially and by demanding human dignity. The cases reveal a framework of power building by workers facing precarious work in which progress is catalyzed by the recognition of workers’ capacity to participate in the rules to which they are subjected. The framework suggests an explication for precarious employment’s growth and decline.

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