'Americanization' and the drivers of the establishment and use of works councils in three post-socialist countries
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Croucher, R., Gooderham, P. and Sandvik, A. 2022. 'Americanization' and the drivers of the establishment and use of works councils in three post-socialist countries. Human Resource Management Journal. 32 (2), pp. 430-448. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12408
Type | Article |
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Title | 'Americanization' and the drivers of the establishment and use of works councils in three post-socialist countries |
Authors | Croucher, R., Gooderham, P. and Sandvik, A. |
Abstract | We question notions of the ‘Americanization’ of employment relations in Slovenia, Slovakia and Croatia. First, we examine the roles of unions, the use of US strategic approach to Human Resource Management (SHRM), and management perceptions of their organizations’ innovativeness in the establishment of Works Council (WCs). Second, we employ the same variables in relation to the use of WCs for downward communication in these countries in comparison with what Amable (2003) terms the Continental European Coordinated Market Economy (CECME) of Austria, adding the CECMEs Germany and Norway as control variables. Union influence drives the adoption of WCs and their use for management downward communication. Hence, on our measures the three countries share features of the CECME category and have not been “Americanized”. |
Keywords | comparative HRM; downward communication; institutional theory; unions; Works Councils |
Publisher | Wiley |
Journal | Human Resource Management Journal |
ISSN | 0954-5395 |
Electronic | 1748-8583 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 25 Sep 2021 |
14 Apr 2022 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 25 Aug 2021 |
Accepted | 23 Aug 2021 |
Submitted | 26 Oct 2020 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Restricted |
Copyright Statement | © 2021 The Authors. Human Resource Management Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12408 |
Language | English |
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