Identity work: sustaining transnational collective action at General Motors Europe

Greer, Ian and Hauptmeier, Marco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-3089 2012. Identity work: sustaining transnational collective action at General Motors Europe. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 51 (2) , pp. 275-299. 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2012.00677.x

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Abstract

What are the conditions under which transnational collective action is initiated and sustained? This article presents a case study of General Motors Europe, where labor leaders have mobilized the workforce and bargained with management at the transnational level repeatedly over more than a decade as a response to management whipsawing and threats of plant closures. In contrast to structuralist interest-based theories of union behavior, we identify a process of "identity work" that was necessary to sustain transnational worker cooperation.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	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:	0019-8676
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 09:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/37587

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