Publication
Title
Toward a behavioural theory of cooperation between managers and employee representatives in works councils
Author
Abstract
This article builds a comprehensive behavioural framework of cooperation between management and employee representatives in a works council setting. The authors do so by applying insights from organizational behaviour in the works council setting in the belief that this disciplines long-standing research tradition on (work) group processes and outcomes may provide the necessary theoretical building blocks to unravel cooperation among managers and employee representatives. The authors framework suggests that cooperation is a complex phenomenon that is largely driven by the extent of ideological and educational differences between management and employee representatives, procedural justice and perceived organizational support. A series of case studies of Belgian works councils provide illustrations of this framework. The overall contribution of this article is a grounded and testable behavioural framework of how cooperation can develop between management and employee representatives in a works council context.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Economic and industrial democracy. - London
Publication
London : 2017
ISSN
0143-831X
DOI
10.1177/0143831X15578721
Volume/pages
38 :2 (2017) , p. 314-343
ISI
000400298000007
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Effective Governance in private organisations: the influence of multiple stakeholders' incentives on organizational outcome and the mediating role of governance.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 16.04.2015
Last edited 09.10.2023
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