Paolucci, Valentina and Galetto, Manuela (2020) The collective bargaining of flexicurity: A case for sector-level analysis? The Italian chemical and metalworking sectors compared. Human Resource Management Journal, 30. pp. 165-179. ISSN 0954-5395

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Abstract

Although employment relations in Europe have long been seen as a factor of rigidity, limiting managerial discretion and adaptability, in the last 30 years, they have witnessed a trend towards decentralisation of collective bargaining and negotiations increasingly centred on flexibility–security trade-offs between employers and employees. Research on the contribution of collective bargaining to the so-called flexicurity has mostly focused on national-level institutional arrangements. In this article, we contend that meso-level differences need to feature more prominently in the debate. Our comparison of two sectors in the same country (chemicals and metalworking in Italy) shows that decentralisation has divergent effects on flexicurity issues depending in particular on differences in market structures and on depth of bargaining. The interplay between these two factors affects what we refer to as procedural security, which we view as important in ensuring sustainable trade-offs between flexibility and security.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: Paolucci, V, Galetto, M. The collective bargaining of flexicurity: A case for sector-level analysis? The Italian chemical and metalworking sectors compared. Hum Resour Manag J. 2020; 30: 165– 179. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12255
Keywords:	collective bargaining; flexicurity; sector-level analysis; Italian chemical sector; Italian metalworking sector;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
Item ID:	14967
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12255
Depositing User:	Valentina Paolucci
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2021 16:22
Journal or Publication Title:	Human Resource Management Journal
Publisher:	Wiley
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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