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When do social actors shape sub-national employment policies? Case study evidence from four multinationals in Belgium

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  • Vickie Dekocker

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There is an ongoing debate in business and industrial relations literature regarding the role of social actors in shaping employment policies in multinational companies. However, less attention has been given to how sub-national employment levels are shaped by social actors within multinational companies. This article contributes to that question by investigating the conditions under which social actors engage in the development of regional employment policies, inter-firm employment policies and company-specific policies. Based on four case studies of multinational companies with different subsidiaries in Belgium, the study reveals that social actors shape these employment policies in line with their employment aims where they have access to sub-national resources. Furthermore, high levels of entrepreneurship were found if sub-national resources were available at multiple complementary sub-national levels. The availability of these resources is dependent on the specific historical development of each of these sub-national levels.

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  • Vickie Dekocker, 2016. "When do social actors shape sub-national employment policies? Case study evidence from four multinationals in Belgium," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 37(4), pages 622-643, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:37:y:2016:i:4:p:622-643
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X14550422
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