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The collective bargaining of flexicurity : a case for sector-level analysis? The Italian chemical and metalworking sectors compared

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Paolucci, Valentina and Galetto, Manuela (2020) The collective bargaining of flexicurity : a case for sector-level analysis? The Italian chemical and metalworking sectors compared. Human Resource Management Journal, 30 (2). pp. 165-179. doi:10.1111/1748-8583.12255 ISSN 0954-5395.

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Abstract

Although employment relations in Europe have long been seen as a factor of rigidity, limiting managerial discretion and adaptability, in the last 30 years, they have witnessed a trend towards decentralisation of collective bargaining and negotiations increasingly centred on flexibility–security trade‐offs between employers and employees. Research on the contribution of collective bargaining to the so‐called flexicurity has mostly focused on national‐level institutional arrangements. In this article, we contend that meso‐level differences need to feature more prominently in the debate. Our comparison of two sectors in the same country (chemicals and metalworking in Italy) shows that decentralisation has divergent effects on flexicurity issues depending in particular on differences in market structures and on depth of bargaining. The interplay between these two factors affects what we refer to as procedural security, which we view as important in ensuring sustainable trade‐offs between flexibility and security.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations Research Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Collective bargaining, Collective bargaining -- Chemical industry, Collective bargaining -- Chemical industry -- Italy, Collective bargaining -- Metal-workers, Collective bargaining -- Metal-workers -- Italy, Industrial relations, Industrial relations -- Italy, Job security, Job security -- Italy, Labor market, Labor market -- Italy
Journal or Publication Title: Human Resource Management Journal
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 0954-5395
Official Date: April 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
April 2020Published
29 November 2019Available
15 July 2019Accepted
Volume: 30
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 165-179
DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12255
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Paolucci, V, Galetto, M. The collective bargaining of flexicurity: A case for sector‐level analysis? The Italian chemical and metalworking sectors compared. Hum Resour Manag J. 2019; 1– 15., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12255. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions."
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 6 August 2019
Date of first compliant Open Access: 29 November 2021

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