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Zum Zusammenhang von prekaeren Beschaeftigungsbedingungen und Interessenvertretung im Dienstleistungssektor (The interrelation of precarious employment conditions and institutions of collective interest representation in the service sector)

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  • Dingeldey, Irene
  • Schroeder, Tim
  • Kathmann, Till

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Eine Ausweitung der Dienstleistungsbeschaeftigung in Kombination mit zunehmender Frauenerwerbstaetigkeit gehen in der Bundesrepublik seit den 1990er Jahren mit einer Erosion der Institutionen kollektiver Interessenvertretung, der Zunahme atypischer Beschaeftigung und einer Expansion des Niedriglohnsektors einher. Der vorliegende Artikel analysiert daher den Strukturzusammenhang zwischen Interessenvertretung und entsprechend prekaeren Beschaeftigungsbedingungen sowie die korrespondierenden Akteurstrategien in frauendominierten, beschaeftigungsexpansiven Berufsfeldern des Dienstleistungsbereichs. Fuer alle drei hier untersuchten Berufsfelder (Gebaeudereinigung, Medizinische Fachangestellten und Sozialarbeit/Erzieher) ist als Ergebnis festzuhalten, dass das Vorhandensein von Interessenvertretung mit geringeren Anteilen von Niedriglohnbeschaeftigung einhergeht. Im Falle atypischer Beschaeftigung hingegen zeigen sich aufgrund differenzierter Schliessungs- und oeffnungsstrategien in den einzelnen Berufsfeldern jeweils unterschiedliche Zusammenhaenge. (Since the 1990s the growing service sector and increasing female labor market integration in Germany are linked to the expansion of atypical and the low-wage employment as well as the erosion of institutions of collective interest representation. This article analyses the structural interrelations of these forms of precarious employment and the institutions of interest representation as well as actors’ strategies in female-dominated professional fields in the German service sector. A general result of the in-depth studies of three professional fields (cleaners, doctors’ assistants and social workers/child minders) indicates that the existence of institutions of interest representation minimises the extent of low-wage employment. Due to different actors’ strategies concerning ‘opening’ and ‘closing’ in the professional fields, the interrelation with respect to the extent of atypical employment varies.)

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  • Dingeldey, Irene & Schroeder, Tim & Kathmann, Till, 2015. "Zum Zusammenhang von prekaeren Beschaeftigungsbedingungen und Interessenvertretung im Dienstleistungssektor (The interrelation of precarious employment conditions and institutions of collective intere," Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift fuer Arbeit, Organisation und Management - The German Journal of Industrial Relations, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 22(3-4), pages 240-259.
  • Handle: RePEc:rai:indbez:doi:10.1688/indb-2015-03-dingeldey
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    Keywords

    service sector; precarious employment; interest representation; low-wage employment;
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    JEL classification:

    • J00 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - General
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J42 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets
    • L80 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - General

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