Management Strategies in Transnational Workspaces

2018 ◽  
pp. 55-75
Author(s):  
Ines Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Change ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Power Resources ◽  
Sociology Of Organizations ◽  
Societal Actors ◽  
Regulatory Dynamics ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Nuanced Understanding

Chapter 3 combines institutional theory with strategic perspectives drawn from the sociology of organizations to examine how industrial relations actors “enact” EU rules at the micro-level of the workplace. The aim of this chapter, therefore, is to study how micro-level societal actors such as firms, unions, works councils, and individual workers interact with the changing regulatory configuration. It studies how employers enact the posting framework creatively by circumventing rules. This chapter demonstrates how these mechanisms initiate a process of institutional change through power dynamics at the micro-level that are generally relevant for theories about institutional change. In pursuit of a more nuanced understanding of the regulatory dynamics of posted work, this chapter identifies the ways in which actors draw on different power resources to influence the outcomes of negotiations or to implement policies without negotiation at the workplace level.

Borders in a European Labor Market

2018 ◽  
pp. 96-114
Author(s):  
Ines Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
Societal Actors ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Labor Market Regulation

Chapter 5 adopts a more explicitly spatial perspective and looks at how borders are constructed in both regulatory and workplace terms. It analyzes the contours of the new structure for employment relations that emerges within the pan-European labor market and studies the reshaping of the nation state from the micro-level points of view of societal actors such as mobile workers, public administration officials, firms, and trade unions. Findings demonstrate that two types of borders are significant in relation to posting in a pan-European labor market: (1) borders for labor market regulation that inhibit the enforcement of labor rights and (2) the border of the firm—that is, the border between the main and subcontracting firms that isolates workers from the host-country industrial relations systems. These borders impact the institutional separation between posted workers and host-country trade unions.

scholarly journals Analysing the Adjectival Museum: Exploring the bureaucratic nature of museums and the implications for researchers and the research process

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Gray ◽  
Vikki McCall
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Organizational Form ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Gender And Power ◽  
Organizational Focus

The proliferation of titles for types of museum has resulted in an adjectival explosion in recent years (with museums being engaging, relevant, professional, adaptive, community, national, universal, local, independent, people’s, children’s, scientific, natural history, labour, virtual, symbolic, connected, trust and charitable, amongst many other labels). This paper argues that the adoption of an organizational focus on bureaucratic features such as hierarchical authority, centralisation of power, functional specialisation and research processes can show commonalities in the understandings and challenges linked to museum function. The emphasis on museums as a specific institutional and organizational form allows for the identification and explanation of similarities and differences in their operational existence that extends beyond their particular individual natures. This also implies that the bureaucratic nature of museums has implications for researchers as they are organizations that reflect gender and power dynamics on a micro-level within the research process.

Cultural Images of Labor Conflict and Coordination Literature and the Evolution of Industrial Relations Systems

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-39
Author(s):  
Cathie Jo Martin ◽  
Dennie Oude Nijhuis ◽  
Erik Olsson
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Industrial Systems ◽  
Cultural Images ◽  
Power Resources ◽  
Political Economies ◽  
Cultural Constructions ◽  
Cross National

Abstract Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands have different historical patterns of industrialization, but developed similar patterns of industrial coordination and cooperation. Theories accounting for industrial relations systems (economic structure, power resources, and party/electoral systems) have difficulty accounting for the similarities among these cases. Therefore, we explore the historical depictions of labor appearing in literature to evaluate whether cross-national distinctions in cultural conceptions of labor have some correspondence to distinctions between coordinated and liberal industrial relations systems. We hypothesize that historical literary depictions of labor are associated with the evolution of industrial systems, and apply computational text analyses to large corpora of literary texts. We find that countries (Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands) with coordinated, corporatist industrial relations in the 20th century share similar cultural constructions about labor relations dating back to at least 1770. Literary depictions found in modern coordinated/corporatist countries are significantly different from those found in Britain, a country with liberal/pluralist industrial relations systems. The research has significance for our understanding of the role of culture in the evolution of modern political economies.

A Computational Agent Model of Flood Management Strategies

2012 ◽  
pp. 522-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Brouwers ◽  
Magnus Boman
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Flood Management ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Agent Model ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Robust Decisions ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Stakeholder Communication

A geographically explicit flood simulation model was designed and implemented as a tool for policy making support, illustrated here with two simple flood management strategies pertaining to the Upper Tisza area in Hungary. The model integrates aspects of the geographical, hydrological, economical, land use, and social context. The perspectives of different stakeholders are represented as agents that make decisions on whether or not to buy flood insurance. The authors demonstrate that agent-based models can be important for policy issues in general, and for sustainable development policy issues in particular, by aiding stakeholder communication and learning, thereby increasing the chances of reaching robust decisions. The agent-based approach enables the highlighting and communication of distributional effects of policy changes at the micro-level, as illustrated by several graphical representations of outputs from the model.

scholarly journals External Stakeholder Management Strategies and Resources in Megaprojects: An Organizational Power Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 625-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Ninan ◽  
Ashwin Mahalingam ◽  
Stewart Clegg
Keyword(s):  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Organizational Power ◽  
External Stakeholder ◽  
External Stakeholders

Megaprojects involve managing external stakeholders with diverse interests. Using an Indian megaproject case study, we discuss how the project managed external stakeholders through strategies such as: persuasion, deputation, give and take, extra work for stakeholders, and flexibility. Drawing from theories and frameworks of power, we explain how these strategies emerge through a process of tactical clustering. We also analyze the resources available to the project team—such as recruitment discretion, government backing, and fund discretion—that influence these power dynamics and enable these strategies. We posit that changes in the resource base can significantly affect strategic action and, in turn, megaproject outcomes.

scholarly journals Intersectionality and health-related stigma: insights from experiences of people living with stigmatized health conditions in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarju Sing Rai ◽  
Ruth M. H. Peters ◽  
Elena V. Syurina ◽  
Irwanto Irwanto ◽  
Denise Naniche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Societal Actors ◽  
Framework Approach ◽  
Related Stigma ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Micro Level

Abstract Background Health-related stigma is a complex phenomenon, the experience of which intersects with those of other adversities arising from a diversity of social inequalities and oppressive identities like gender, sexuality, and poverty – a concept called “intersectionality”. Understanding this intersectionality between health-related stigma and other forms of social marginalization can provide a fuller and more comprehensive picture of stigma associated with health conditions. The main objective of this paper is to build upon the concept of intersectionality in health-related stigma by exploring the convergence of experiences of stigma and other adversities across the intersections of health and other forms of social oppressions among people living with stigmatized health conditions in Indonesia. Methods This qualitative study interviewed 40 people affected by either of four stigmatizing health conditions (HIV, leprosy, schizophrenia, and diabetes) in Jakarta and West Java, Indonesia between March and June 2018. Data was analyzed thematically using an integrative inductive-deductive framework approach. Results The main intersectional inequalities identified by the participants were gender and socioeconomic status (n = 21), followed by religion (n = 13), age (n = 11), co-morbidity (n = 9), disability (n = 6), and sexuality (n = 4). Based on these inequalities/identities, the participants reported of experiencing oppression because of prevailing social norms, systems, and policies (macro-level), exclusion and discrimination from societal actors (meso-level), and self-shame and stigma (micro-level). While religion and age posed adversities that negatively affected participants in macro and meso levels, they helped mitigate the negative experiences of stigma in micro level by improving self-acceptance and self-confidence. Conclusion This study uncovered how the experience of health-related stigma intersects with other oppressions originating from the various social inequalities in an individual’s life. The findings highlight the importance of acknowledging and understanding the multi-dimensional aspect of lives of people living with stigmatized health conditions, and warrant integrated multi-level and cross-cutting stigma reduction interventions to address the intersectional oppressions they experience.

scholarly journals Student-to-Student Diplomacy: Chinese International Students as a Soft-Power Tool

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ane Bislev
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Chinese International Students ◽  
Power Resources ◽  
Nuanced Understanding

Chinese international students have become an increasingly visible presence around the globe, and interest in these students has consequently increased among universities, researchers, and policymakers, who often see international students as a source of increased soft power. This article questions the idea of Chinese international students as a soft-power tool. This is done through a critical discussion of the concept of soft power and the rather limited research on educational diplomacy, demonstrating that the analytical vagueness of the concept of soft power leads to an oversimplified understanding of the linkage between international students and soft power. In order to provide a more nuanced understanding of this linkage, the article examines the actual overseas experience of Chinese international students and argues that the linkage between international students and soft power is highly complicated and that these students do not necessarily constitute soft-power resources.

The Effects of British Industrial Relations Legislation 1979-97

1997 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 69-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Brown ◽  
Simon Deakin ◽  
Paul Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Change ◽  
European Community ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
Recent Change ◽  
Economic Outcomes ◽  
Legal Intervention ◽  
Legislative Action

The recent change of government brings to an end a sustained attempt to transform British industrial relations by legislative action. This article explores the consequences. It explains the cumulative effect of the legal changes since 1979, including the growing influence of the European Community, and examines the economic and social results. While legal intervention has had an impact on the institutions of industrial relations, most notably in reducing the power of organised labour, this cannot be isolated from wider structural changes in labour and product markets. A review of research on economic outcomes suggests an uneven and tenuous link between institutional change and economic performance.

Trust: effective transition from the command-administrative relations to collaboration

10.12737/2479 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 316-322
Author(s):  
Эдуард Кондратьев ◽  
Eduard Kondratev
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Change ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Institutional Transition ◽  
Management Personnel ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Cooperative Relationship ◽  
Level Institution ◽  
Relationship Of

This article presents the “Trust” as a micro-level institution. The article shows how to use the “Credibility” provided the institutional transition from a Command-Administrative Relations — characteristic of mass production to the cooperative relationship, which is the base of Lean Manufacturing. It is proved that a relationship of trust has a positive influence on the development of management personnel. The “subjectivity” of the latter is supporting institutional change and provides it with the enterprise longterm dynamic development.

Employer Strategies Towards Non‐Union Collective Voice

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. Gollan
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Union Density ◽  
Non Union ◽  
Collective Voice ◽  
Dual Channel ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
Union Voice

Non-union collective voice (NCV) has tended to play a minimal role in many Anglo industrial relations systems, with few formal processes or legal requirements. However, the lack of representative structures covering increasing numbers of non-union employees due to declining levels of trade union density and legislative changes banning closed shop or compulsory union arrangements have prompted the current interest in NCV arrangements. This article explores management strategies towards, and the development of, NCV arrangements and union responses to such arrangements in predominately English-speaking countries. It also tracks the development of dual-channel NCV and union voice arrangements, and examines the interplay between channels of NCV and trade unions. Overall, the article reviews this theory and raises debates around management strategies and issues involved in the process of transition from NCV to unionism.

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