Marginson, Paul, Arrowsmith, James and Gray, Molly (2008) Undermining or reframing collective bargaining? Variable pay in two sectors compared. Human Resource Management Journal, Vol.18 (No.4). pp. 327-346. doi:10.1111/j.1748-8583.2008.00075.x ISSN 0954-5395.

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Abstract

Although it is widely presumed that variable payments systems (VPS) such as individual merit and profit-related pay are corrosive of collective bargaining, the actual relationship between the two remains little explored. Drawing on company case studies from retail banking and machinery and equipment, this article finds that collective bargaining can variously be reconfigured – as over individual merit pay in the banks; extended to cover local bonus arrangements, evident in instances in both sectors; or lose its purchase on a significant proportion of earnings – as with management-determined profit-related bonus in both sectors. In terms of the implications for collective bargaining, much therefore depends on the type of VPS.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations & Organisational Behaviour Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations Research Unit
Journal or Publication Title:	Human Resource Management Journal
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	0954-5395
Official Date:	2008
Dates:	Date Event 2008 Published
Volume:	Vol.18
Number:	No.4
Page Range:	pp. 327-346
DOI:	10.1111/j.1748-8583.2008.00075.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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