The impact of German unification on the German industrial relations system

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ID6263125
AuthorsKarl Koch, Karl Heinz Koch (0000-0002-4828-7587, London South Bank University, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume7
Issue3
Pages52-68
Publication date1998-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGerman Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09644009808404526
OpenAlexW2083707379
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited4

The paper places the institutional transfer of employers’ associations and trade unions from west to east in the framework of the systems concept of industrial relations. In response to the social and economic consequences of unification, industrial relations in the east have been subject to significant adjustments from the social partnership model in the west. Works councils in east Germany have expanded their role and developed co‐operative relationships with management, leading to the establishment of micro‐corporatism at plant level. This has, however, evolved in an interlocking configuration between works councils and the existing arrangements the collective bargaining partners have at sectoral/industry level

Business · Collective bargaining · CONTEST · Corporatism · Economic history · Economic system · Economics · Economy · General partnership · Geography · German · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Social dialogue · Social partners · Social Partnership · Subject (documents · Unification · West germany · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Industrial Relations

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