Trust as the cement in the employment relationship? The role of trust in different workplace employment relations regimes

Brandl, Bernd

doi:10.1108/joepp-08-2020-0139

Trust as the cement in the employment relationship? The role of trust in different workplace employment relations regimes

Brandl, Bernd

Authors

Professor Bernd Brandl bernd.brandl@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

This paper addresses the puzzle of why the same workplace employment relations regimes can lead to different performances and why different regimes can produce the same performance. It is argued that the incidence of mutual, and not necessarily unilateral, trust between the employee representation and the management accounts for these differences, as mutual trust fosters information sharing and helps to strike deals that are mutually beneficial. Against the background that the institutional and organisational characteristics of some workplace employment relations regimes also constitutes information sharing and joint decision making, we further argue that mutual trust is a functional equivalent.

Citation

Brandl, B. (2021). Trust as the cement in the employment relationship? The role of trust in different workplace employment relations regimes. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 8(4), 80-96. https://doi.org/10.1108/joepp-08-2020-0139

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Dec 30, 2020
Online Publication Date	Jan 13, 2021
Publication Date	2021
Deposit Date	Jan 4, 2021
Publicly Available Date	Jan 5, 2021
Journal	Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance
Print ISSN	2051-6614
Publisher	Emerald
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	8
Issue	4
Pages	80-96
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1108/joepp-08-2020-0139
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1254363

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