Deregulation and institutional conversion in the Greek hotel industry

An employment relations model in transition

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21334701
AutoresOrestis Papadopoulos (0000-0001-5086-5086, Manchester Metropolitan University, autor correspondente), Dave Lyddon (0000-0001-5899-4894, Keele University)
Ano2020
Volume51
Fascículo1-2
Páginas92-109
Data de publicação2020-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIndustrial Relations Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0019-8692 • E-ISSN: 1468-2338
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/irj.12282
OpenAlexW3008361082
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas26

Before the debt crisis of 2010 forced Greece into almost permanent austerity, its hotel workers enjoyed wages and conditions (through a sector collective agreement) similar to those in other economic sectors. This was against the international trend where low wages and poor conditions were standard. Sweeping deregulation by Greek governments has brought much of the hotel industry into line with other countries. The sector agreement, now covering a much smaller proportion of the workforce, survived but has experienced ‘institutional conversion’, delivering a much poorer outcome. Despite buoyant tourism, institutional deregulation and derogation have delivered the employers' major objective of matching the workforce to the fluctuating demand for labour

Austerity · Business · Deregulation · Derogation · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Market economy · Political science · Tourism · Workforce · Employment and Welfare Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Industrial relations · Social Policy and Reform Studies