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The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations provides a systematic, comprehensive survey of the field. The result is a work of unprecedented scope and unparalleled ambition. It offers a compete guide to the central debates, new developments, and emerging themes in the field. It will quickly be recognized as the indispensable reference for teachers, students and researchers. It is relevant to economists, lawyers, sociologists, business and management researchers, and Industrial Relations specialists.
The Changing Structure of Collective Bargaining
The Changing Structure of Collective Bargaining
The relative bargaining power that labor and management bring to the table is influenced by both the structure of collective bargaining negotiations and specific bargaining tactics, as conditioned by the prevailing economic and political environment. This chapter focuses on the determinants and effects of collective bargaining structure, which varies enormously around the world. After defining collective bargaining structure, the chapter explains how structure influences relative bargaining power, discusses evidence on the impact of bargaining structure on microeconomic and macroeconomic outcomes, and interprets the evolution of bargaining structures over time. Of particular interest is whether increased economic integration is producing a convergence of bargaining structures around the world.
The Concept of Bargaining Structure
Bargaining structures originate in ...
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