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Managerial Contradictions and Satisficing in the Lean Workplace
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The Implementation of Minimum Wage: Challenges and Creative Solutions
No full textWhile minimum wage is widely debated at both academic and political levels,
little attention has been dedicated to documenting and assessing the
implementation of and compliance with minimum wage policies. This paper
begins to fill this research gap by identifying and qualitatively assessing a variety
of minimum wage implementation mechanisms. The theoretical framework
delineates various frameworks that explain what implementation strategies
might be effective in achieving compliance with minimum wage. The empirical
part offers examples of how these elements have been implemented in practice.
First, it provides an overview of existing implementation mechanisms drawn from
across the globe. Then, the British minimum wage implementation system is
illustrated in detail. Finally, additional implementation strategies from the
broader field of labour regulation are presented with a view to diversifying and
strengthening minimum wage implementation
Comparative Political Economy of Work, edited by Marco Hauptmeier, Matt Vidal. Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014, 384pp.
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Societal institutions and contradictions in the workplace: A comparative analysis of lean management systems in Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom
Full text linkThis article combines insights from the organizational institutionalist (OI) literature on the complexity of transnational institutional streams and the power-based approach of the comparative employment relations (CER) literature to better explain diversity in human resource (HR) practices across organizations embedded in different societal contexts. Building on the insights from both literature strands, the article argues that societal institutions, by providing power resources to labour vis-a-vis management, influence the settlement of contradictions in HR practices in the workplace, with implications for the internal consistency of HR systems. The findings are based on the comparative case study of three metal companies in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom that implemented lean management systems. They suggest that labour-supporting institutions at the sectoral and organizational levels in the German metal company contribute to a more ‘balanced’ settlement of the tensions between the (ideo)logics of empowerment, cost-cutting and Taylorism, which characterize lean management systems, compared to the Italian and British companies. The article contributes to cross-fertilization between the OI and CER literature because it demonstrates the value of integrating the power resource perspective in (comparative) OI studies, and of taking into greater consideration the role of transnational (ideo)logics in CER research.</p
How do countries shift their export specialization? The role of technological capabilities and industrial policy in Ireland, Spain and Sweden (1995-2018)
Full text linkThis article contributes to the Comparative Political Economy (CPE) discourse on countries' export specialization transitions. While current growth model literature often highlights producer coalitions' influence, we present a complementary perspective emphasizing industrial policies. These policies, we argue, are not solely shaped by politics but are also deeply influenced by sectoral technological capabilities. By strategically engaging in both demand and supply-side sectoral innovation processes, industrial policies deepen existing technological capabilities with spillover effects into new sectors or foster new sector-specific capabilities. Our empirical analysis comprises two main steps. First, we create export profiles for eight European nations, using OECD TiVA data from 1995 to 2018. These profiles are categorized based on their technological and innovation content. Second, we identify significant shifts in export structures within Ireland, Sweden, and Spain. Through thorough case studies, we illustrate the role of industrial policies in cultivating sector-specific technological capabilities
From concession bargaining to broad workplace solidarities: The IG Metall response to agency work
No full textChiara Benassi evaluates experience with the use of peripheral workers in the German automotive sector, an institutional context that should be relatively favourable to protecting core workforce. Benassi, however, argues that the concessions ultimately backfi red on core workers because of the introduction of cheap and fl exible labour in the companies. In the long run, the presence of workers employed on inferior terms threatens agreed standards and the future existence of the permanent workforce. The alternative strategy is to recruit agency workers and bargain on their behalf. The German experience shows that a public shaming strategy can be helpful in this context. To be effective, the inclusive strategy also requires stronger sectoral bargaining, international representation bodies such as the EWCs, and international company agreements
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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