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Archive | 2009

From the’ sick Man’to the ‘Overhauled Engine’ of Europe? Upheaval in the German Model

Steffen Lehndorff; Gerhard Bosch; Thomas Haipeter; Erich Latniak

For most of the 1960s–80s the Federal Republic of Germany was regarded both at home and abroad as one of the countries that had been particularly successful in combining economic growth and social equality. For many economists and social scientists Germany was the exemplar of ‘Rhenish capitalism’ (Albert, 1992) which, by virtue of the ‘beneficial constraints’ (Streeck, 1997) imposed on German capital by strong labour unions and institutions, fostered long-term corporate strategies and an environment of trust relationships, not only within capital but also between the strong associations representing capital and labour. It was under these conditions that a system of high-quality and export-oriented production was developed, which in turn powered the entire employment system.


Industrial Relations Journal | 2008

European Works Council at General Motors Europe: Bargaining Efficiency in Regime Competition?

Josep Banyuls; Thomas Haipeter; László Neumann

The European Works Council (EWC) at General Motors Europe is frequently cited as one of the few examples of an efficient body of employee representation at a European level within a multinational company. Despite the increasing threat of social dumping in the enlarged Europe, the EWC was able to agree with management the terms of compulsory European minimum standards for defensive employment and competitiveness pacts, thereby restricting the effects of coercive comparisons between factories located in different countries. In this article, we focus on this experience and illuminate the tensions of micro-corporatism caught between international solidarity and regime competition.


Economic & Industrial Democracy | 2011

Works councils as actors in collective bargaining: Derogations and the development of codetermination in the German chemical and metalworking industries

Thomas Haipeter

Plant-level derogations from collective bargaining agreements are posing new challenges for works councils. Works councils have to cope with new roles as actors in collective bargaining. The article analyses the changes in the practice of codetermination going alongside derogations. In a nutshell it can be said that works councils, although being in a defensive situation, have shown an astonishing capacity for strengthening their bargaining position by coordinating negotiations with the unions and by organizing support among the employees. In this last respect, conflict-oriented and participative strategies seem to be more promising than other strategies.


International Journal of Human Resource Management | 2012

Employment relations in the banking and automotive industries in Germany

Thomas Haipeter; Ulrich Jürgens; Karin Wagner

This article discusses how both globalisation and corporate governance influence the German coordinated model of employment relations. It outlines recent developments in employment relations in the German automotive and banking industries with a particular focus on skills, staffing and pay systems. It argues that while various changes have taken place in employment relations in both industries, they remain largely within the coordinated framework. Not all the changes are directly associated with globalisation. Rather, an increasing focus on shareholder value in corporate governance has also contributed to these changes.


Archive | 2011

Einleitung: Interessenvertretungen, Krise und Modernisierung – über alte und neue Leitbilder

Thomas Haipeter

Die 1980er Jahre waren fur die Forschung uber industrielle Beziehungen in Deutschland wegweisend. Denn in dieser Phase wurde in der Forschung ein Bild der industriellen Beziehungen und ihrer Akteure – und unter diesen vor allem der Interessenvertretungen der Arbeitnehmer/innen – entworfen, das bis heute die Sichtweise der deutschen industriellen Beziehungen pragt. Kernmerkmale dieses Bildes sind die Dualitat tariflicher und betrieblicher Handlungs- und Regulierungsarenen, die Intermediaritat der kollektiven Akteure und die korporatistische Form ihrer Interessenvertretungspolitik (Muller-Jentsch 1997).


Archive | 2010

OT-Mitgliedschaften und OT-Verbände

Thomas Haipeter

In den letzten Jahren sind in mehreren Branchen der deutschen Wirtschaft Mitgliedschaften in Arbeitgeberverbanden und eigenstandige Arbeitgeberverbande „ohne Tarifbindung“ (im Folgenden OT-Mitgliedschaften und -Verbande) gegrundet worden. OT-Mitgliedschaften und -Verbande zeichnen sich dadurch aus, dass sie keine Flachentarifvertrage als Arbeitsmarktpartei mit den Gewerkschaften abschliesen, ansonsten ihren Mitgliedern aber alle Beratungs- und Serviceleistungen anbieten, die ublicherweise von Arbeitgeberverbanden erbracht werden. Sie verzichten also auf die Produktion des kollektiven (und auch von Nichtmitgliedern nutzbaren) Gutes Flachentarifvertrag und setzen ganz auf selektive (und nur von den Mitgliedern nutzbare) Guter wie die arbeitsrechtliche Beratung, die Hilfestellung bei Rechtskonflikten, die Versorgung mit Informationen oder die Vermittlung von Firmenkontakten.


Chapters | 2011

Negotiating Employment Security: Innovations and Derogations

Steffen Lehndorff; Thomas Haipeter

This book examines the ways in which collective bargaining addresses a variety of workplace concerns in the context of today’s global economy. Globalization can contribute to growth and development, but as the recent financial crisis demonstrated, it also puts employment, earnings and labour standards at risk. This book examines the role that collective bargaining plays in ensuring that workers are able to obtain a fair share of the benefits arising from participation in the global economy and in providing a measure of security against the risk to employment and wages. It focuses on a commonly neglected side of the story and demonstrates the positive contribution that collective bargaining can make to both economic and social goals. The various contributions examine how this fundamental principle and right at work is realized in different countries and how its practice can be reinforced across borders. They highlight the numerous resulting challenges and the critically important role that governments play in rebalancing bargaining power in a global economy. The chapters are written in an accessible style and deal with practical subjects, including employment security, workplace change and productivity, and working time.


Industrial Relations Journal | 2016

The interests of white-collar workers and their representation in the German manufacturing sector: new initiatives, opportunity structures, framing and resources

Thomas Haipeter

In the German manufacturing sector, white‐collar workers have outpaced blue‐collar workers in numbers. Therefore, unions and works councils have launched initiatives to attract, mobilise and organise white‐collar workers. The analysis is drawing on a conceptual framework that looks at the opportunity structures, framing processes and resources of the initiatives.


Zeitschrift Fur Soziologie | 2002

Innovation zwischen Markt und Partizipation / Innovation between Market and Participation

Thomas Haipeter

Zusammenfassung Der Aufsatz diskutiert neue Entwicklungstrends der Arbeitsgestaltung im Bankgewerbe vor dem Hintergrund veränderter, marktorientierter Formen der Unternehmenssteuerung. Konkret werden Arbeitszeit- und Vergütungssysteme betrachtet, momentan die Kernbereiche der Arbeitspolitik in Banken. Anknüpfend an aktuelle industriesoziologische Debatten wird nach dem Zusammenhang von Arbeitspolitik und Unternehmenssteuerung gefragt. Führt eine finanzialisierte indirekte Steuerung über Kennziffern zu arbeitspolitischen Rückschritten? Diese Frage wird differenziert beantwortet. In den untersuchten Fällen ist die Arbeitsgestaltung ein integrierter Bestandteil neuer Steuerungskonzepte. Partizipative Arbeitsgestaltung gilt als Triebkraft, nicht als Hindernis auf dem Weg zur indirekten Steuerung. Trotzdem sind Widersprüche zwischen indirekter Steuerung und partizipativer Arbeitsgestaltung unverkennbar. Diese Widersprüche ergeben sich aus der Unvereinbarkeit zentraler Vorgaben mit dezentralen Verhandlungsprozessen. Die indirekte Steuerung hebelt die diskursive Steuerung aus, weil sie den dezentralen Einheiten die Entscheidungsspielräume über Ressourcen verweigert. Dies ist letztlich mikropolitisch als Machtproblem in den Unternehmen zu werten. Summary This paper discusses new developments in work organization in the banking industry in the light of changing forms of company control, forms that have a high orientation toward the norms and expectations of capital markets. The new developments concern working time and remuneration policy, which are the dominant fields of work organization in the banking industry today. With reference to current discussions in German industrial sociology, the question arises as to whether the new indirect forms of company control are retrogressive in regard to work organization. A differentiated answer to this question is necessary. On the one hand, the developments in work organization are a consequence of the new forms of company control. On the other hand, contradictions between work organization and company control can be found. These contradictions are a result of incompatibilities between centrally defined decision-making and de-central negotiation processes. The former restricts the leeway of the participants in the latter in regard to the distribution of resources. This is a micro-political problem of power distribution in companies.


Archive | 2016

Finanzmarktkapitalismus und Arbeit

Thomas Haipeter

Die Beitrage dieses Buches geben Einblicke in aktuelle Entwicklungen der Erwerbsarbeit. Sie handeln von den vielfaltigen Phanomenen und Veranderungen, die derzeit in der Arbeitswelt beobachtbar sind. Einige Schlaglichter mogen hier genugen. In der IT-Branche und anderswo verdichtet sich die Arbeit der Beschaftigten, Stress und psychische Belastungen bis hin zum Burnout nehmen zu. Arbeitszeiten werden langer und steigen mit zunehmendem Qualifikationsniveau der Beschaftigten. Unternehmen operieren zunehmend mit Kennziffern, um Arbeit besser kontrollieren und steuern zu konnen. Die Masnahmen der Unternehmen zur Gesundheitsforderung der Beschaftigten, die als Ausgleich fur steigende Belastungen dienen konnten, scheinen eher kosmetischer als substanzieller Natur zu sein. Zugleich nutzen Unternehmen mehr und mehr prekare Beschaftigungsformen wie die Leiharbeit und neuerdings Werkvertrage zur Erhohung ihrer Flexibilitat und zur Starkung der Rendite.

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Steffen Lehndorff

University of Duisburg-Essen

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Christine Slomka

University of Duisburg-Essen

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Markus Hertwig

Chemnitz University of Technology

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Sophie Rosenbohm

University of Duisburg-Essen

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Gerhard Bosch

University of Duisburg-Essen

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Erich Latniak

University of Duisburg-Essen

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Angelika Kümmerling

University of Duisburg-Essen

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Adelheid Hege

Catholic University of Leuven

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Hagen Lesch

Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft

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