Striking a balance? Flexibility and security in collective bargaining
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Striking a balance? Flexibility and security in collective bargaining. / Ibsen, Christian Lyhne; Mailand, Mikkel.
In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2011, p. 161-180.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Striking a balance?
T2 - Flexibility and security in collective bargaining
AU - Ibsen, Christian Lyhne
AU - Mailand, Mikkel
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Often neglected in flexicurity studies is the question of how collective bargaining contributes to the development of flexicurity, despite the continued resilience of this form of regulation in many European countries. The article compares sector-level bargaining and flexicurity in the printing and electrical contracting industries of Denmark, Spain and the UK to assess this link. In line with prior research, the article finds that Danish agreements contribute significantly to flexicurity. Somewhat against conventional expectations, however, are findings in the UK and Spain. In the UK, agreements contribute significantly despite a hostile context for collective bargaining. In Spain, due to the heavy influence of legislation the contribution is more modest but nevertheless notable. This overall finding gives strong evidence for the proposed link. The article goes on to discuss if a positive contribution is facilitated by certain institutional and relational conditions.
AB - Often neglected in flexicurity studies is the question of how collective bargaining contributes to the development of flexicurity, despite the continued resilience of this form of regulation in many European countries. The article compares sector-level bargaining and flexicurity in the printing and electrical contracting industries of Denmark, Spain and the UK to assess this link. In line with prior research, the article finds that Danish agreements contribute significantly to flexicurity. Somewhat against conventional expectations, however, are findings in the UK and Spain. In the UK, agreements contribute significantly despite a hostile context for collective bargaining. In Spain, due to the heavy influence of legislation the contribution is more modest but nevertheless notable. This overall finding gives strong evidence for the proposed link. The article goes on to discuss if a positive contribution is facilitated by certain institutional and relational conditions.
U2 - 10.1177/0143831X10371695
DO - 10.1177/0143831X10371695
M3 - Journal article
VL - 32
SP - 161
EP - 180
JO - Economic and Industrial Democracy
JF - Economic and Industrial Democracy
SN - 0143-831X
IS - 2
ER -
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