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- Title
Between trust and control: company-level bargaining on flexible working hours in the Danish and German metal industries.
- Authors
Ilsøe, Anna
- Abstract
Denmark is often highlighted as a good example of organised decentralisation in which employee bargaining power remains comparatively strong. However, comparative analysis of the Danish case rarely reflects how the social contracts between management and workers' representatives contribute to the bargaining outcome at company level. Drawing on 10 case studies in the German and Danish metal industries carried out in 2005, this article argues that the social contracts at the Danish case companies allow a more efficient use of company-level agreements on flexible working hours than the social contracts at the German case companies.
- Subjects
DENMARK; GERMANY; DECENTRALIZATION in management; METAL industry; COMPARATIVE studies; SOCIAL contract; METALWORKERS
- Publication
Industrial Relations Journal, 2010, Vol 41, Issue 1, p34
- ISSN
0019-8692
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-2338.2009.00552.x