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Accounting for Cross-Country Differences in Employee Involvement Practices: Comparative Case Studies in Germany, Brazil and China
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Abstract Employee involvement is a contested concept in organizations. While the mainstream of the research debate has focused on measuring the strength of employee involvement (EI), this article emphasizes the existence of very different forms of EI. It draws on case studies of the German, Brazilian and Chi... view more
Employee involvement is a contested concept in organizations. While the mainstream of the research debate has focused on measuring the strength of employee involvement (EI), this article emphasizes the existence of very different forms of EI. It draws on case studies of the German, Brazilian and Chinese plants of a German automobile manufacturer to analyse forms of EI and to investigate their societal determinants. The article reveals considerable differences in the design of employee involvement between the self‐organization model and the competition/social involvement model. It shows how industrial relations and cultural factors lead to these very different approaches.... view less
Keywords
Brazil; China; Federal Republic of Germany; automobile industry; industrial relations; worker participation; codetermination; organizational culture; job design
Classification
Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 321-346
Journal
British Journal of Industrial Relations, 55 (2017) 2
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/197747
ISSN
1467-8543
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications