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National Culture and Industrial Relations and Pay Structures

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The paper develops an explanatory model of comparative industrial relations and labour market structures based on national culture. The four cultural variables derived by Hofstede (Culture’s Consequences, Beverly Hills: Sage, 1984) are used to investigate the relationship between national culture and various dimensions of industrial relations and pay structures. The paper finds national culture to be associated with the centralization of bargaining, the extent of corporatism, the degree of co‐ordination in bargaining, the coverage of collective bargaining, trade union density, the extent of worker participation in decision making, and most dimensions of the pay structure. Hofstede’s MAS variable, measuring cultural values representing gender social structuring, is associated with both industrial relations institutions and the pay structure. The results provide support for our cultural model.

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  • Boyd Black, 2001. "National Culture and Industrial Relations and Pay Structures," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 15(2), pages 257-277, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:labour:v:15:y:2001:i:2:p:257-277
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00164
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    1. Checchi, Daniele & Visser, Jelle & van de Werfhorst, Herman G., 2007. "Inequality and Union Membership: The Impact of Relative Earnings Position and Inequality Attitudes," IZA Discussion Papers 2691, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Syed, Jawad, 2008. "An Islamic perspective of industrial relations: the case of Pakistan," MPRA Paper 13684, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Dae Yong Jeong & Ruth V. Aguilera, 2008. "The Evolution of Enterprise Unionism in Japan: A Socio‐Political Perspective," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 46(1), pages 98-132, March.
    4. Seppo Honkapohja & Frank Westermann, 2009. "Pay-setting Systems in Europe: Ongoing Developments and Possible Reforms," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Seppo Honkapohja & Frank Westermann (ed.), Designing the European Model, chapter 3, pages 82-121, Palgrave Macmillan.
    5. Boyd Black, 2009. "Equity Culture," Economics Working Papers 09-03, Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast.

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