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Restructuring processes and capability for voice: case study of Volkswagen, Brussels

Published:2013-07-05 Issue:4 Volume:34 Page:397-412
ISSN:0143-7720
Container-title:International Journal of Manpower
language:en
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Author:

De Munck Jean,Ferreras Isabelle

Abstract

PurposeThis paper aims to use the Capability Approach in order to shed light on the capability for voice of workers in an industrial restructuring process.Design/methodology/approachThe research relies on conceptual frames and distinctions borrowed from Amartya Sen, Jon Elster and Jürgen Habermas. It is based on an empirical case study: the restructuring of the Brussels plant of the Volkswagen (VW) group in 2006‐2007.FindingsThe central distinction established in the paper is the one between deliberation and bargaining. The structures that characterized social dialogue at the VW plant in Brussels did not totally deprive Belgian workers of capability for voice. But they seriously limited its scope.Research limitations/implicationsThe empirical investigation is focused more on trade unions than on internal management relationships.Social implicationsThe paper presents an analysis of the real opportunities for deliberation and bargaining that goes beyond the mere formal implementation of social law.Originality/valueThe paper discusses application of the Capability Approach to empirical procedures of collective bargaining in the context of a globalised restructuring process in the automotive sector.

Publisher

Emerald

Subject

Management of Technology and Innovation,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Strategy and Management

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