measurement and analysis of industrial relations aggregates: what is the relevant unit of analysis in comparative research?

Bechter, Barbara; Brandl, Bernd

doi:10.1057/eps.2015.65

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“…However, we argue that a comparative sectoral perspective is also of major relevance. One of the key understandings emerging from recent industrial relations scholarship is the need to abandon the exclusive ‘methodological nationalism’ that still dominates the field; major sectoral differences prevail between sectors within countries and similarities can be observed across countries within the same sector (Bechter and Brandl, 2015; Bechter et al, 2012; Benassi et al, 2016; Larsen and Mailand, 2018). In this article, we introduce such a sectoral perspective to the study of trade union strategies against precarious work.…”

Section: Precarious Work Sectors and Union Strategiesmentioning

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Trade union strategies against precarious work: Common trends and sectoral divergence in the EU

Keune

Pedaci

2019

European Journal of Industrial Relations

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We present comparative research on precarious work and trade union strategies in three sectors (construction, industrial cleaning, temporary agency work) across seven European countries. Specific sectors have a profile of precarious work that is remarkably similar across countries, originating from similar employer strategies and work organizations. This results in unions facing comparable challenges concerning precarious work at sectoral level and developing comparable sectoral strategies to combat precarious work. The success of these strategies depends to a large extent on the available power resources. Between sectors within single countries, we observe some similarities but also very substantial differences in their institutional configuration and in actors’ constellations, power resources and repertoires of action. National institutional contexts seem much less significant than often assumed.

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Section: Precarious Work Sectors and Union Strategiesmentioning

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Trade union strategies against precarious work: Common trends and sectoral divergence in the EU

Keune

Pedaci

2019

European Journal of Industrial Relations

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“…As countries developed differing economic and political systems throughout the 20 th century, so too did national collective bargaining systems change. In fact, collective bargaining systems proved to be quite adaptable and flexible and have transformed continuously and sometimes even dramatically since their birth in the wake of industrialization (Bechter and Brandl, 2015).…”

Section: Path Dependency In the Transformation Of National Collectivementioning

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The hybridization of national collective bargaining systems: The impact of the economic crisis on the transformation of collective bargaining in the European Union

Brandl

Bechter

2018

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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In this article it is argued that the economic crisis has made national collective bargaining systems increasingly multi-layered, perforated and dynamically unstable, i.e. hybrid. The authors explain these transformations in terms of the concomitance of two different sources of change which do not necessarily follow the same logics. The first source stems from national systems’ endogenous logic of path dependency and the second from pressure to reform in accordance with exogenously applied strategies and logics. It is argued that these sources act like a whipsaw, pushing and pulling national collective bargaining systems between the two logics, leading to hybrid collective bargaining systems.

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“…Consequently, industrial relations in a sector may have more commonalities across countries than with other sectors in the same country (Bechter and Brandl 2015).…”

Section: Integrating the National Sector And Organisationmentioning

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Hard times in latte land? Analysing pay and working time in the café industry in France, Norway and the UK

Lloyd

Payne

2018

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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Industrial relations and employment regulation are central elements of the national institutional framework shaping country-level differences in job quality. However, researchers are also interested in within-country variation by sector. International sector comparisons can shed light on the role of national institutions, individual employer approaches and workplace unions in shaping outcomes within a sector. This article uses qualitative data on pay and working time in the café industry in France, Norway and the UK to weigh the effects of institutions and employer differentiation on worker outcomes in a sector particularly challenging for union organisation. The findings identify the importance of national institutions for worker outcomes, and for shaping the scope at organisational level for employers and unions to make a difference.

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measurement and analysis of industrial relations aggregates: what is the relevant unit of analysis in comparative research?

Cited by 11 publications

References 16 publications

Trade union strategies against precarious work: Common trends and sectoral divergence in the EU

Trade union strategies against precarious work: Common trends and sectoral divergence in the EU

The hybridization of national collective bargaining systems: The impact of the economic crisis on the transformation of collective bargaining in the European Union

Hard times in latte land? Analysing pay and working time in the café industry in France, Norway and the UK

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