European Works Councils and the Crisis: Change and Resistance in Cross-Border Employee Representation at Honda and Toyota

The article analyses the effects of the financial and economic crisis on the structures and activities of the European Works Councils (EWCs) at Honda and Toyota, which until 2007–8 were categorized as non‐efficient representation bodies. A theoretical concept is introduced to measure activation and...

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Published inBritish journal of industrial relations Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 326 - 349
Main Author Hertwig, Markus
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2015
Subjects
Culture
Economic conditions
Economic crisis
Employees
Europe
European Union
Financial crisis
Industrial tribunals
Labor relations
Multinational corporations
Power
Studies
Toyota motor corporation
Works councils
Europe
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Summary:The article analyses the effects of the financial and economic crisis on the structures and activities of the European Works Councils (EWCs) at Honda and Toyota, which until 2007–8 were categorized as non‐efficient representation bodies. A theoretical concept is introduced to measure activation and to analyse the factors explaining change/stability. In the empirical part, the EWCs are analysed using data from expert interviews. Both EWCs have undergone different activation ‘paths’, which partly lead to a restructuring of the bodies and the implementation of new co‐ordination processes. Yet the basic logic was retained because of cultural and power related aspects.
Bibliography:ark:/67375/WNG-K04T22SP-3
istex:A57012452235108B4FC780CEBB9C4DB8BE1EBC4C
Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
German Research Foundation (DGS)
ArticleID:BJIR12027
ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:0007-1080
1467-8543
DOI:10.1111/bjir.12027