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Dutch Works Councils in Times of Transition: The Effects of Changes in Society, Organizations and Work on the Position of Works Councils

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  • Jan Kees Looise
  • Michiel Drucker

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This article assesses the current position of Dutch works councils within their organizations and within the broader system of Dutch industrial relations. The authors use data from a recently conducted national survey on works councils to establish the impact that societal and organizational developments in the 1990s have had on the formal position and actual influence of the works council. These data show that, contrary to popular opinion, societal developments and the introduction of new management concepts have not had a negative impact on the position of the works council. An exception to this is the internationalization of firms, which curtails the range of works council influence. Further, the gradual increase in the actual influence of the works council that characterized the postwar period does seem to have levelled off in the 1990s.

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  • Jan Kees Looise & Michiel Drucker, 2003. "Dutch Works Councils in Times of Transition: The Effects of Changes in Society, Organizations and Work on the Position of Works Councils," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 24(3), pages 379-409, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:24:y:2003:i:3:p:379-409
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X030243004
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    1. Kea Tijdens & Maarten van Klaveren, 1997. "Statutory Regulation and Workers' Competence: The Influence of Dutch Works Councils on the Introduction of New Technology," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 18(3), pages 457-487, August.
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    1. Saraï Sapulete & Annette van den Berg, 2017. "Works council effectiveness in subsidiaries of MNCs during reorganizations: Case study evidence from the Netherlands," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 38(4), pages 677-700, November.
    2. Jan Ekke Wigboldus & Yolanda Grift & Annette van den Berg & Jan Kees Looise, 2016. "The economic effects of works councils: channels and conditions. Using secondary data to test a new theoretical model," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 37(3), pages 535-565, August.

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