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The Hybridization of National Collective Bargaining Systems: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Transformation of Collective Bargaining in the European Union

Bechter, B.; Brandl, B.

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In this article it is argued that the economic crisis has made national collective bargaining systems increasingly multi-layered, perforated and dynamically unstable, i.e. hybrid. The authors explain these transformations in terms of the concomitance of two different sources of change which do not necessarily follow the same logics. The first source stems from national systems’ endogenous logic of path dependency and the second from pressure to reform in accordance with exogenously applied strategies and logics. It is argued that these sources act like a whipsaw, pushing and pulling national collective bargaining systems between the two logics, leading to hybrid collective bargaining systems.

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Bechter, B., & Brandl, B. (2019). The Hybridization of National Collective Bargaining Systems: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Transformation of Collective Bargaining in the European Union. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 40(3), 469-489. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x17748199

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 20, 2017
Online Publication Date Jan 23, 2018
Publication Date Aug 31, 2019
Deposit Date Sep 20, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Economic and Industrial Democracy
Print ISSN 0143-831X
Electronic ISSN 1461-7099
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 40
Issue 3
Pages 469-489
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x17748199
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1376082

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Bechter, B. & Brandl, B. (2019). The Hybridization of National Collective Bargaining Systems: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Transformation of Collective Bargaining in the European Union. Economic and Industrial Democracy 40(3): 469-489. © 2018 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.




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