Skip to content Skip to navigation
University of Warwick
  • Study
  • |
  • Research
  • |
  • Business
  • |
  • Alumni
  • |
  • News
  • |
  • About

University of Warwick
Publications service & WRAP

Highlight your research

  • WRAP
    • Home
    • Search WRAP
    • Browse by Warwick Author
    • Browse WRAP by Year
    • Browse WRAP by Subject
    • Browse WRAP by Department
    • Browse WRAP by Funder
    • Browse Theses by Department
  • Publications Service
    • Home
    • Search Publications Service
    • Browse by Warwick Author
    • Browse Publications service by Year
    • Browse Publications service by Subject
    • Browse Publications service by Department
    • Browse Publications service by Funder
  • Help & Advice
University of Warwick

The Library

  • Login
  • Admin

Employment regulation, game theory, and the lacuna in employee participation in liberal economies

Tools
- Tools
+ Tools

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

[img]
Preview
PDF
WRAP_0971926-wbs-070116-ilr_dobbins_et_al_2015_international_labour_review.pdf - Accepted Version - Requires a PDF viewer.

Download (811Kb) | Preview
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00053.x

Request Changes to record.

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
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
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): 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
Dates:
DateEvent
December 2017Published
30 December 2016Available
4 November 2015Accepted
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)

Request changes or add full text files to a record

Repository staff actions (login required)

View Item View Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics

twitter

Email us: wrap@warwick.ac.uk
Contact Details
About Us