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What's the point of European Sectoral Social Dialogue? Effectiveness and polycontexturality in the hospital and metal sectors

Larsson, Bengt; Galetto, Manuela; Weber, Sabrina; Bechter, Barbara; Prosser, Thomas

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Authors

Bengt Larsson

Manuela Galetto

Sabrina Weber

Thomas Prosser



Abstract

Drawing on pragmatism and systems theory, this article analyses how participants in the European Sectoral Social Dialogue in the metal and hospital committees understand its effectiveness. We find that the participants have a broad understanding of effectiveness compared with the European Commission and existing research. Participants do not dismiss the importance of direct effects on working conditions in member states but downplay it in comparison with indirect effects from, and effectiveness in, European Sectoral Social Dialogue. That is, horizontal learning, knowledge sharing and pragmatic bottom‐up work to reach consensus are emphasised as more prominent than top‐down regulatory effectiveness.

Citation

Larsson, B., Galetto, M., Weber, S., Bechter, B., & Prosser, T. (2020). What's the point of European Sectoral Social Dialogue? Effectiveness and polycontexturality in the hospital and metal sectors. Industrial Relations Journal, 51(5), 410-426. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12305

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 28, 2020
Online Publication Date Sep 1, 2020
Publication Date 2020-09
Deposit Date Sep 1, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Industrial Relations Journal
Print ISSN 0019-8692
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 51
Issue 5
Pages 410-426
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12305
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1293778

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Advance online version © 2020 The Authors. Industrial Relations Journal published by Brian Towers (BRITOW) and John Wiley & Sons Ltd
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for
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