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Introduction The Diversity of Employee Relationships

In: Teamwork in the Automobile Industry

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  • Jean-Pierre Durand

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The automobile industry, in the United States and then in Europe, was one of the first sectors affected by the current phase of crisis in capital accumulation which began at the end of the 1970s. In successive waves, in North America (1979–82) and in European countries (France: 1981–85, Germany: 1988–91, Italy: 1989–91) markets collapsed and then returned to their usual levels. At the same time, new Japanese competitors entered first North American and then European markets with products of superior quality at lower costs. These lower costs were partly the result of the favourable exchange rate of the yen. They were also the result of Japanese superiority in manufacturing methods, and the fact that their cars were easier to assemble, when the Japanese assemblers established themselves in North America and Europe to overcome economic or customs barriers in the target countries.

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  • Jean-Pierre Durand, 1999. "Introduction The Diversity of Employee Relationships," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Jean-Pierre Durand & Paul Stewart & Juan José Castillo (ed.), Teamwork in the Automobile Industry, pages 1-34, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-14933-9_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-14933-9_1
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    Cited by:

    1. Andy Danford & Mike Richardson & Martin Upchurch, 2002. "Trade Union Strategy and Renewal: the Restructuring of Work and Work Relations in the UK Aerospace Industry," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 16(2), pages 305-327, June.
    2. Manfred Fuchs, 2001. "The Polarization and Differentiation of Employment Relations and New Organizational Models," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 2(2), pages 243-257, August.

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