Governance at Work The Social Regulation of

Global pressures present similar challenges to companies in different countries, but how those organizations deal with them depends on the social and institutional framework in which they develop and operate. In this book, leading academics explore and explain variations in governance systems,focusing in particular on European trends. In Governance at Work: The Social Regulation of Economic Relations the authors ask: DT Are structures of work and business organization changing? Are we seeing a move away from large-scale (Fordist) mass-production systems that have dominated the industrialized world in the 20th century? DT What are the local/national determinants of business organization? DT Can we speak of different national business systems if so, how do these interact with the operations of international companies in global competition?

List of Contributors

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PART 1 INTRODUCTION

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1. National Systems of Governance and Managerial Prerogatives in the Evolution of Work Systems: England, Germany, and Denmark Compared

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PEER HULL KRISTENSEN

PART 2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS, THE FORMATION OF INTEREST GROUPS, AND THE STRUCTURING OF WORKPLACE RELATIONS

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2. The Development of National Governance Principles in the Netherlands

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(13)

AD VAN ITERSON

3. The Governance of Interfirm Relations in Britain and Germany: Societal or Dominance Effects?

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CHRISTEL LANE

4. The Social Regulation of Technical Expertise: The Corps and Profession in France and Great Britain

86

(18)

ELISABETH CAMPAGNAC

GRAHAM WINCH

5. Financial Security, Welfare Regimes, and the Governance of Work Systems

104

(19)

GLENN MORGAN

6. Bargaining for the Future: The Changing Habitus of the Shop Steward System in the Pulp and Paper Mills of Finland

123

(16)

KARI LILJA

PART 3 CHANGING GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES, MANAGERIAL STRATEGIES, AND THE REORGANIZATION OF WORK SYSTEMS

139

(88)

7. Institutional, Sectoral, and Corporate Dynamics in the Creation of Global Supply Chains

139

(19)

FRANK MUELLER

RAY LOVERIDGE

8. The Transmission of Work Systems: A Comparison of US and Japan Auto's Human Resource Management Practices in Mexico

158

(13)

BARBARA HIBINO

9. Compromise Solutions: A Japanese Multinational Comes to the UK

171

(19)

DIANA ROSEMARY SHARPE

10. The Transformation of Regional Governance: Institutional Lock-ins and the Development of Lean Production in Baden-Wurttemberg

190

(19)

GERD SCHIENSTOCK

11. Changing Governance Structures and Work Organization in Slovenia

209

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MARKO JAKLIC

PART 4 CONCLUDING OVERVIEW

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12. The Social Regulation of Work Systems: Institutions, Interest Groups, and Varieties of Work Organization in Capitalist Societies

227

(34)

RICHARD WHITLEY

Index

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