Institutions are what actors make of them - the changing construction of firm-level employment relations in Spain

Hauptmeier, Marco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-3089 2012. Institutions are what actors make of them - the changing construction of firm-level employment relations in Spain. British Journal of Industrial Relations 50 (4) , pp. 737-759. 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2012.00891.x

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Abstract

This article analyses the variation and change in firm-level employment relations in Spain between the transition to democracy and the global financial crisis. Using three auto companies as case studies, I address a crucial puzzle in the institutional literature on comparative employment relations: How do employment relations change and vary, even when national employment relations institutions do not? This article argues that differences in actor ideologies shape the construction of national institutions at the firm level, which explains change and variation of employment relations over time and across cases. The study identifies four drivers of ideological change — generational change, leadership change, identity work and diffusion — that impact the variation and change in employment relations at the firm level.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	0007-1080
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2022 09:57
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/33612

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