Article 2018

NONUNION EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION: THEORY AND THE GERMAN EXPERIENCE WITH MANDATED WORKS COUNCILS

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Jirjahn, Uwe
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Smith, Stephen C.
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
Journal · Vol. 89 · Issue 1 · pp. 201-233
Abstract

Theories of how nonunion employee representation impacts firm performance, affects market equilibria, and generates externalities on labor and society are synthesized. Mandated works councils in Germany provide a particularly strong form of nonunion employee representation. A systematic review of research on the German experience with mandated works councils finds generally positive effects, though these effects depend on a series of moderating factors and some impacts remain ambiguous. Finally, key questions for empirical research on nonunion employee representation, which have previously been little analyzed in the literature, are reviewed. © 2018 The Authors Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics © 2018 CIRIEC

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works councils J50 M50 market failures Nonunion representation organizational failures society

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Universität Trier, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States
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