Towards a new web of rules: An international review of institutional experimentation to strengthen employment protections

CF Wright, AJ Wood, J Trevor, C McLaughlin… - Employee Relations …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review “institutional experimentation” for protecting
workers in response to the contraction of the standard employment relationship and the …

A mutual gains perspective on workplace partnership: Employee outcomes and the mediating role of the employment relations climate

D Valizade, C Ogbonnaya… - Human Resource …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have witnessed increased research on the role of workplace partnership in
promoting positive employment relations. However, there has been little quantitative …

[PDF][PDF] Claiming too much, delivering too little: testing some of Hofstede's generalisations

B McSweeney, D Brown, S Iliopoulou - Irish Journal of Management, 2016 - sciendo.com
This paper considers Geert Hofstede's claim that his national cultural 'dimension scores' and
related rankings of countries enable effective prediction by examining a causal …

The chimera of sustainable labour–management partnership

T Dobbins, T Dundon - British Journal of Management, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The paper advances a threefold theoretical contribution using a system, society and
dominance (SSD) effects framework to show how and why sustainable management–labour …

Conflict or cooperation? Exploring the relationship between cooperative institutions and robotisation

T Van Overbeke - British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Robotization of production challenges the status‐quo in the economy, some win, while
others lose out. Literature has argued that automation causes redistribution, both between …

Short‐term fix or remedy for market failure? Immigration policy as a distinct source of skills

CF Wright, C McLaughlin - Industrial Relations Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This article analyses the role of immigration policy as a distinct source of skills supply in
liberal market economies. It draws upon interviews with representatives of employer …

Labour market regulations, changes in working life and the importance of apprenticeship training: A long-term and comparative view on youth transition from school to …

J Olofsson, A Panican - Policy futures in education, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
What is the significance of regulations of job contracts and wages when it comes to young
people's access to labour market? This is an issue that has attracted and continues to attract …

Ideational power resources

C McLaughlin, CF Wright - Workers, Power and Society, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter examines ideational power resources and shows how these are under-utilised
yet powerful analytical tools. It focuses primarily on how unions can use ideation as a power …

Employment regulation, game theory and weak employee voice in liberal economies

T Dobbins, T Dundon, N Cullinane… - International Labour …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This article analyses the impact of information and consultation regulations–specifically the
European Information and Consultation Directive–on worker participation or “employee …

[PDF][PDF] Social dialogue as a driver and governance instrument for sustainable development

M Hermans, H Huyse, J Van Ongevalle - 2016 - lirias.kuleuven.be
This discussion note outlines an initial framework for thinking about, and assessing how
social dialogue contributes to sustainable development. The note emerges from …