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Employment regulation, game theory, and the lacuna in employee participation in liberal economies
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Dobbins, Tony, Dundon, Tony, Cullinane, Niall, Hickland, Eugene and Donaghey, Jimmy (2017) Employment regulation, game theory, and the lacuna in employee participation in liberal economies. International Labour Review, 156 (3-4). pp. 395-422. doi:10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00053.x
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00053.x
Abstract
Employee participation is a vital ingredient of what the International Labour Organization (ILO) calls ‘representation security’. This article provides theoretical and empirical insights relating to social policy impact of worker participation, specifically the European Information and Consultation Directive (ICD) for employee voice rights. While existing research on the ICD offers important empirical insights, there is a need for further theoretical analysis to examine the potential effectiveness of the regulations in liberal market economies (LMEs). Drawing on data from 16 case studies, the article uses game theory and the prisoner's dilemma framework to explain why national implementing legislation is largely ineffective in diffusing mutual gains cooperation in two LMEs: UK and the Republic of Ireland. Three theoretical (metaphorical) propositions advance understanding of the policy impact of national information & consultation regulations in LMEs.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | European Union , Great Britain, Ireland, Employee rights, Prisoner's dilemma game | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Labour Review | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0020-7780 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | December 2017 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 156 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3-4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 395-422 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00053.x | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Funder: | Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS), Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC) | ||||||||
| Grant number: | RES-062-23-1139 (ESRC) |
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