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Onsite-Werkvertraege und Industrielle Beziehungen: Praktiken der Betriebsraete zwischen Ablehnung und Akzeptanz (Onsite-subcontracting and industrial relations: Practices of works councils between rejection and acceptance)

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  • Hertwig, Markus
  • Kirsch, Johannes
  • Wirth, Carsten

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Mit Onsite-Werkvertraegen koennen vielfaeltige negative Konsequenzen fuer die Arbeitsbedingungen der Beschaeftigten und fuer die Interessenvertretung verknuepft sein. Deshalb fragen wir, wie Betriebsraete mit der Verbreitung von Onsite-Werkvertraegen in den Kernbereichen der Wertschoepfung umgehen und welche Praktiken der Interessenvertretung im Prozess des Outsourcings entwickelt werden. In diesem Beitrag zeigen wir auf Basis einer strukturationstheoretischen Analyse von insgesamt zwoelf Fallstudien aus dem Verarbeitenden Gewerbe und dem Einzelhandel, dass sich zwei grundlegende Handlungsmuster (Ablehnung oder Akzeptanz) herausbilden. Diese Handlungsmuster differenzieren sich weiter nach den grundlegenden Sicht , Handlungs und Legitimationsweisen der Betriebsraete in die vier Typen‚ ‚Ablehnung – Unsicherheit‘, ‚Ablehnung – Konfrontation‘, ‚Akzeptanz – Kooperation‘ und ‚Akzeptanz – Ausgestaltung‘ aus. Die Betriebsraete ueben dabei Einfluss aus, ohne jedoch alle negativen Konsequenzen aufheben zu koennen. Dies hat Folgen fuer das Erwerbssystem als Ganzes. (Onsite-subcontracting can produce multiple negative consequences for employment conditions and interest representation. Therefore, we ask how works councils position themselves towards onsite-subcontracting and how they intervene in the process of outsourcing. Based on a structurationist analysis of twelve case studies in the manufacturing sector and in retailing, we identify two major patterns of action (rejection and acceptance). The patterns of action can be differentiated into four types of works council behaviour: ‘rejection – uncertainty, ‘rejection – confrontation’, ‘acceptance – co-operation’ and ‘acceptance – arrangement’. Furthermore, works councils exert influence to a varying degree but they cannot offset all negative consequences. This has implications for the overall employment system.)

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  • Hertwig, Markus & Kirsch, Johannes & Wirth, Carsten, 2016. "Onsite-Werkvertraege und Industrielle Beziehungen: Praktiken der Betriebsraete zwischen Ablehnung und Akzeptanz (Onsite-subcontracting and industrial relations: Practices of works councils between rej," Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift fuer Arbeit, Organisation und Management - The German Journal of Industrial Relations, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 23(2), pages 113-141.
  • Handle: RePEc:rai:indbez:doi:10.1688/indb-2016-02-hertwig
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    Keywords

    onsite outsourcing; subcontracting; vertical disintegration; works councils;
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    JEL classification:

    • L24 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Contracting Out; Joint Ventures
    • J47 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Coercive Labor Markets
    • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions

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