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Lowell Turner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Building the New Europe: Western and Eastern Roads to Social Partnership
Industrial Relations Journal, 2004Co-Authors: Elena A. Iankova, Lowell TurnerAbstract:This article focuses on the struggle for a Social Europe by examining Social Partnership developments in two western countries, Germany and Britain, and two eastern countries, Bulgaria and Poland. The resurgence of Social Partnership in the west, even in the weakest case (Britain), is paradoxically driven in part by neoliberal EU economic policies. In the east, post-communist tripartism helped preserve Social peace with the coming of markets, while both international lending agencies and subsequent EU accession processes pushed domestic actors towards Social dialogue. The coming or deepening of markets has therefore surprisingly promoted or reinforced relations of Social Partnership throughout Europe.
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Unifying Germany: Crisis, Conflict, and Social Partnership in the East
1997Co-Authors: Lowell TurnerAbstract:Excerpt] I argue that Social Partnership is alive and well in eastern Germany. My evidence for this surprising outcome includes the IG Metall strike victory of 1993 and plant-level case studies of restructuring and industrial relations in the metal and electronics industries of eastern Germany. The success of Social Partnership in eastern Germany can be traced both to the flexible suitability of institutions transferred from the West and to the actor choices in the negotiations and conflicts that have made it possible to adapt these institutions to a new environment. Both the institutional and political aspects of the argument are necessary to explain the success of Social Partnership in eastern Germany.
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Up Against the Fallen Wall: The Crisis of Social Partnership in Unified Germany
1997Co-Authors: Lowell TurnerAbstract:Excerpt] This book addresses two central and related sets of questions. First, what type of political economy is emerging in unified Germany? How "West German" is it? Is Germany permanently polarized into East and West or converging on a single, integrated political economy? To what extent is the "coordinated market economy" (Soskice 1991) becoming less, or differently, coordinated? The answers to these questions will affect the outcomes of issues ranging from policy and politics to production organization. Second, what has happened to the famous German "Social Partnership" since unification? Do the employer offensives of 1993-1996 in the pattern-setting metal and electronics industries, and in other industries as well, indicate a serious hollowing out or simply a readjustment of the Social Partnership? What has happened to employer associations and unions since German unification? What will happen to them in the near future? Can German industry hold its own in increasingly competitive world markets with its Social Partnership relations intact, or is this an outdated and expensive model of the past? Can the Social Partnership survive decentralization and lean production, or will they undermine and eventually dissolve it?
Victor Valero-amaro - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Cross-sector Social Partnership success: A process perspective on the role of relational factors
European Management Journal, 2016Co-Authors: María Jesús Barroso-méndez, Clementina Galera-casquet, M.may Seitanidi, Victor Valero-amaroAbstract:Abstract The study employs partial least squares structural equation modelling to examine cross-sector Social Partnership success in the context of Spanish business (N = 102). Proposing the development of second-order models, the research identifies the role of relational factors that directly and indirectly affect Partnership success. The study demonstrates that to increase Partnership success, it is essential for Socially responsible businesses to share the same values with their non-profit partners, thus contributing to trust and commitment and effectively enhancing relational effects. Employing relational factors for the conceptualisation of Partnership success contributes an empirical quantitative process perspective that associates success with value creation processes.
Thomas Turner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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irish trade unions under Social Partnership a faustian bargain
Industrial Relations Journal, 2011Co-Authors: Daryl Dart, Thomas TurnerAbstract:Since 1987 trade unions have been a key party to Social Partnership agreements in Ireland. Theoretical and empirical studies of corporatism point to positive outcomes for trade unions such as an increase in union density, ease of recognition, and increased employer support. However, apart from a modest increase in union membership numbers, none of these outcomes were realised. Union density levels have decreased significantly, union recognition is more problematic than ever, and employer opposition appears to have increased in scope and intensity. Decline in union density questions the capacity of unions to remain pivotal actors in the future. During the period of Partnership union density in the private sector more than halved. It remains the paradox of Partnership.
William K. Roche - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Social Partnership in Ireland and New Social Pacts
Industrial Relations, 2007Co-Authors: William K. RocheAbstract:Social Partnership in Ireland has attracted considerable international attention. This paper examines the origins, focus, and institutional architecture of the Irish Social Partnership model. The paper also examines Social Partnership in the context of the theory of Social pacts and suggests that the institutionalization of Social Partnership can be attributed to the continuing significance of compensatory political exchange, the influences of Partnership networks, and the effects of new mechanisms for conflict resolution.
María Jesús Barroso-méndez - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Cross-sector Social Partnership success: A process perspective on the role of relational factors
European Management Journal, 2016Co-Authors: María Jesús Barroso-méndez, Clementina Galera-casquet, M.may Seitanidi, Victor Valero-amaroAbstract:Abstract The study employs partial least squares structural equation modelling to examine cross-sector Social Partnership success in the context of Spanish business (N = 102). Proposing the development of second-order models, the research identifies the role of relational factors that directly and indirectly affect Partnership success. The study demonstrates that to increase Partnership success, it is essential for Socially responsible businesses to share the same values with their non-profit partners, thus contributing to trust and commitment and effectively enhancing relational effects. Employing relational factors for the conceptualisation of Partnership success contributes an empirical quantitative process perspective that associates success with value creation processes.