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Solidarität in der europäischen betrieblichen Mitbestimmung als theoretische Herausforderung: ein kultursoziologischer Lösungsvorschlag

Solidarity in company-level codetermination in European multinationals as a theoretical challenge: a cultural-sociological approach
[journal article]

Klemm, Matthias
Kraetsch, Clemens
Weyand, Jan

Abstract

"Transnationale Unternehmenspolitiken und neue, insbesondere europäische Gremien der betrieblichen Arbeitnehmervertretung erfordern, dass sich Arbeitnehmervertreter aus unterschiedlichen Systemen industrieller Beziehungen miteinander verständigen. Um dies vor dem Hintergrund unterschiedlicher kultur... view more

"Transnationale Unternehmenspolitiken und neue, insbesondere europäische Gremien der betrieblichen Arbeitnehmervertretung erfordern, dass sich Arbeitnehmervertreter aus unterschiedlichen Systemen industrieller Beziehungen miteinander verständigen. Um dies vor dem Hintergrund unterschiedlicher kultureller Grundlagen der Interessenvertretung adäquat untersuchen zu können, muss die Forschung zur Organisation von Arbeitnehmerinteressen kultursoziologisch erweitert werden. Exemplarisch führen die Autoren eine solche konzeptionelle Erweiterung am Themenfeld Solidarität durch. Begriff und Praxis der Solidarität rekurrieren auf die Ähnlichkeit der Lage von Arbeitnehmern wie ihre Konkurrenz untereinander und die daraus erwachsende Notwendigkeit einer wechselseitigen Unterstützung im Kampf um bessere Arbeits- und Lebensbindungen. Sie entfalten anhand empirischer Daten die These, dass Aufrufe zur Solidarität nicht nur an der chronischen Diskrepanz zwischen Reden und Handeln und den dieser Diskrepanz zugrunde liegenden Interessenunterschieden scheitern, sondern auch daran, dass unterschiedliche Solidaritätskonzepte, Handlungsbedingungen und -grenzen in der europäischen Verständigung unzureichend aufeinander bezogen werden." (Autorenreferat)... view less


"Both threat posed by transnational management strategies and the newly existing European level of workplace interest representation call for employee representatives to cooperate across cultures and national institutional systems. Intercultural communication and action in industrial relations raise... view more

"Both threat posed by transnational management strategies and the newly existing European level of workplace interest representation call for employee representatives to cooperate across cultures and national institutional systems. Intercultural communication and action in industrial relations raises new obstacles for actors but also new questions for research on this topic. In this paper the authors argue that research should broaden its focus towards cultural aspects within industrial relations. Therefore, a cultural sociological approach is applied in order to investigate communication and action regarding transnational solidarity in European workplace representation. The concept of solidarity focuses on the similarity of the social situation as well as on the competition among workers and underlines the need for mutual support in the struggle for better working and living conditions. Their main thesis is that failures of calls for solidarity stem not only from existing differences of interest and power asymmetries but also from different meanings applied to solidarity. Both the meaning of solidarity and strategies to achieve solidarity are connected with specific cultural 'realms of experience' provided by different systems of industrial relations across Europe. The thesis will be developed from empirical data from Western Germany and Central Eastern Europe." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
EU; codetermination; solidarity; firm; company policy; transnationalization; workers' representation; representation of interests; cultural factors; cultural sociology; multinational corporations; research status; power; theory; mentality; theory of institutions; culture; interest; intercultural communication; comparative research

Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations

Method
descriptive study; empirical; quantitative empirical

Document language
German

Publication Year
2011

Page/Pages
p. 292-314

Journal
Industrielle Beziehungen : Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, 18 (2011) 4

ISSN
0943-2779

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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