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Worker perceptions of representation and rights in Germany and the USA/ created by John Godard and Carola Frege

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: European journal of industrial relations ; Volume 20, number 1London: Sage, 2014Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISSN:
  • 09596801
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD8391 EUR
Online resources: Abstract: Germany and the USA have very different systems of legal representation and rights at work, but these differences and their effects may have lessened. We draw on a large-scale telephone survey to explore worker perceptions of these systems, and find that perceptions of German workers are more favourable than those of their US counterparts, but not by as much as might be expected. Our findings could in part be explained by cross-national differences in both worker ideologies and the way the different systems function, but they also point to the importance of perceptions in understanding and assessing cross-national institutional differences, and have implications for the future of workplace representation and rights in both nations.
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Journal Article Journal Article Main Library - Special Collections HD8391 EUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Vol. 20, no.1 (pages 73-90) SP20106 Not for loan For in house use only

Germany and the USA have very different systems of legal representation and rights at work, but these differences and their effects may have lessened. We draw on a large-scale telephone survey to explore worker perceptions of these systems, and find that perceptions of German workers are more favourable than those of their US counterparts, but not by as much as might be expected. Our findings could in part be explained by cross-national differences in both worker ideologies and the way the different systems function, but they also point to the importance of perceptions in understanding and assessing cross-national institutional differences, and have implications for the future of workplace representation and rights in both nations.

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