Transnational employee voice and knowledge exchange in the multinational corporation
The European Company (SE) experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9889772 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Antje Fiedler (0000-0002-1004-8505, University of Auckland, corresponding author), Catherine Casey (0000-0003-0002-999X, Loughborough University, corresponding author), Benjamin Fath (0000-0002-5651-1649, University of Auckland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1033-1059 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0018726720905351 |
| OpenAlex | W3006190205 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 67 |
The European Company ( Societas Europaea, SE) regulations include the highest mandatory provision for negotiation of transnational employee voice. What are the effects of transnational employee voice, enacted at works council and board levels, on knowledge exchange within the multinational corporation? This qualitative study of globally active SEs incorporated under the SE regulations that have ‘dual-forum’ transnational employee voice addresses that research gap. Our main contribution reveals that, over time, transnational employee voice facilitates multifaceted knowledge exchange, both widening the platform and strengthening relations for intra-multinational corporation collaboration. Alongside expressing labour interests as intended, dual-forum transnational employee voice stimulates managers and employees to develop mutually beneficial competencies and trust. These aid multilateral knowledge exchange. That knowledge, which includes factors affecting employees and quality of organizational and work life, also includes insights into country-specific market, industrial and operational issues. Importantly, dual-forum transnational voice fosters development of a participatory culture across the multinational corporation. Robust multifaceted knowledge exchange generates better-informed and more productive decision-making that yields plural socio-economic value
Business · Corporation · Dual (grammatical number · Employee voice · Multinational corporation · Negotiation · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Family Business Performance and Succession · Finance · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Knowledge Management and Sharing · Marketing
Grounded Theory for Qualitative Research
Knowledge sharing
Market, Hierarchy, and Trust
Research and theory on high‐performance work systems
Affect- And Cognition-Based Trust as Foundations for Interpersonal Cooperation in Organizations.
Seeking Qualitative Rigor in Inductive Research
Social Capital, Intellectual Capital, and the Organizational Advantage
Employee voice and organizational performance
Perceptions of employee voice and representation in the post-acquisition period
Power, institutions and the cross-national transfer of employment practices in multinationals
Patterning employee voice in multinational companies
Subsidiary responses to institutional duality
The contested space of multinationals
New approaches to employee voice and participation in organizations
Variation in Approaches to European Works Councils in Multinational Companies
Qualitative inquiry and research design
Trajectories of Neoliberal Transformation
Organizations, workers, and learning
Multinational Companies in Cross-National Context
Management Whipsawing
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |