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- Title
Political Entrepreneurs and Co-Managers: Labour Transnationalism at Four Multinational Auto Companies.
- Authors
Greer, Ian; Hauptmeier, Marco
- Abstract
This article examines labour transnationalism within four multinational automakers. In our sample, we find different forms of labour transnationalism, including transnational collective bargaining, mobilization, information exchange and social codes of conduct. We explain the differences through the interaction between management and labour in the context of the company structure; of particular importance are transnational coercive comparisons by management and the orientations of worker representatives as political entrepreneurs or co-managers. We conclude that, although intensified worker-side cross-border co-operation has not prevented wage-based competition in general (due to the lack of between-firm co-ordination), it has reshaped employment relations within these multinational corporations.
- Subjects
INDUSTRIAL relations research; TRANSNATIONALISM; INTERNATIONAL business enterprises; AUTOMOBILE industry; COLLECTIVE bargaining; LABOR; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2008, Vol 46, Issue 1, p76
- ISSN
0007-1080
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8543.2007.00667.x