Paolucci, Valentina and Marginson, Paul (2020) Collective bargaining towards mutual flexibility and security goals in large internationalised companies—why do institutions (still) matter? Industrial Relations Journal, 51 (4). pp. 329-350. ISSN 0019-8692

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Abstract

This paper examines the potential of collective bargaining to generate mutually advantageous flexibility and security outcomes at firm level. By focusing attention on actors’ negotiating capacity at sites in Denmark and Italy of four large chemical-pharmaceutical companies, it provides a nuanced, comparative explanation. The findings demonstrate that, across countries, differences in actors’ capacity and negotiated outcomes are attributable to the stability and depth of collective bargaining institutions. Within country differences are accounted for by the organisational resources (internal democracy, external links and pro-activity) of local trade unions, which condition their capacity to induce management to negotiate outcomes which benefit both parties.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Collective bargaining; mutual flexibility; security; large internationalised companies;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
Item ID:	16348
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12301
Depositing User:	Valentina Paolucci
Date Deposited:	22 Jul 2022 10:56
Journal or Publication Title:	Industrial Relations Journal
Publisher:	Wiley Online Library
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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