TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hertwig,Markus
AU  - Pries, Ludger
AU  - Rampeltshammer, Luitpold
TI  - Stabilizing effects of European works councils: examples from the automotive industry
SN  - 09596801
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London
PB  - Sage
KW  - International works council
KW  - Organizational sociology
KW  - Lobbying
KW  - 2007-2010
KW  - EU countries
KW  - Automotive industry
N2  - This article presents a theoretical model in order to understand and explain forms of cross-border interest representation by European Works Councils. It argues that both their structures and activities and their outcomes can be explained by drawing on four theoretical rationales: the structures and coordination patterns of the company concerned, cultural-institutional factors linked to the ‘country-of-origin effect’, historical trajectories and actors’ strategies. This argument is supported by empirical data from case study research in three automotive assembly companies
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680111410959
ER  -