IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/zbw/indbez/266442.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Interest representation and industrial relations in the age of digitalization ‒ an outline
[Interessenvertretung und Arbeitsbeziehungen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung - ein Überblick]

Author

Listed:
  • Keller, Berndt

Abstract

The article deals in an interdisciplinary perspective with the consequences of progressive digitalization processes which are controversially discussed in the current discourse for the dual system of employment relations. After initial comments, the first part deals with the changing contours of forms of interest representation in the existing economy, i. e. requirements and options for works councils and trade unions. The second part focuses explicitly on the platform economy and its emerging forms of corporate actors, trade unions and works councils as well as platform operators/employers. The third part concentrates on perspectives of employment relations for the established economy as well as for platform work. The fourth part elaborates on measures of regulation that should be taken at company and sectoral level. A short outlook concludes the article. Processes of digital transformation have the tendency to weaken the existing institutions of labor markets, in particular forms of employees' representation.

Suggested Citation

  • Keller, Berndt, 2020. "Interest representation and industrial relations in the age of digitalization ‒ an outline [Interessenvertretung und Arbeitsbeziehungen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung - ein Überblick]," Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, Verlag Barbara Budrich, vol. 27(3), pages 255-285.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:indbez:266442
    DOI: 10.3224/indbez.v27i3.02
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/266442/1/indbez-v27i3-02.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.3224/indbez.v27i3.02?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Keller, Berndt & Seifert, Hartmut, 2020. "Soziale Risiken der Digitalisierung - Regulierungsbedarfe der Beschäftigungsverhältnisse [Social Risks of Digitalization - Requirements for Regulation of Employment Relationships]," Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, Verlag Barbara Budrich, vol. 27(2), pages 227-249.
    2. Askitas, Nikos & Eichhorst, Werner & Fahrenholtz, Benedikt & Meys, Nicolas & Ody, Margard, 2018. "Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue in the Age of Collaborative Economy (IRSDACE)," IZA Research Reports 86, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Gegenhuber, Thomas & Ellmer, Markus & Scheba, Claudia, 2018. "Partizipation von CrowdworkerInnen auf Crowdsourcing-Plattformen: Bestandsaufnahme und Ausblick," Study / edition der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf, volume 127, number 391, December.
    4. Greef, Samuel & Schroeder, Wolfgang & Sperling, Hans Joachim, 2020. "Plattformökonomie und Crowdworking als Herausforderungen für das deutsche Modell der Arbeitsbeziehungen [Platform Economy and Crowdworking as Challenges for the German Model of Industrial Relatio," Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, Verlag Barbara Budrich, vol. 27(2), pages 205-226.
    5. Matuschek, Ingo & Kleemann, Frank, 2018. "„Was man nicht kennt, kann man nicht regeln“ Betriebsvereinbarungen als Instrument der arbeitspolitischen Regulierung von Industrie 4.0 und Digitalisierung," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 71(3), pages 227-234.
    6. Collier, Ruth B & Dubal, V.B. & Carter, Christopher, 2017. "Labor Platforms and Gig Work: The Failure to Regulate," Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series qt4c8862zj, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley.
    7. Ahlers, Elke, 2018. "Forderungen der Betriebsräte für die Arbeitswelt 4.0," WSI Policy Briefs 20, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.
    8. Wright, M.J., 2018. "The Changing Nature of Work," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 108(3), pages 315-316.
    9. Leimeister, Jan Marco & Durward, David & Zogaj, Shkodran, 2016. "Crowd Worker in Deutschland: Eine empirische Studie zum Arbeitsumfeld auf externen Crowdsourcing-Plattformen," Study / edition der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf, volume 127, number 323, December.
    10. Kels, Peter & Vormbusch, Uwe, 2020. "People Analytics im Personalmanagement: Auf dem Weg zur automatisierten Entscheidungskultur? [People Analytics in Human Resource Management: Towards an automated decision-making culture?]," Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, Verlag Barbara Budrich, vol. 27(1), pages 69-88.
    11. Zanker, Claus, 2017. "Mobile Arbeit – Anforderungen und tarifliche Gestaltung. Das Beispiel Deutsche Telekom," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 70(6), pages 456-459.
    12. Guhlemann, Kerstin & Georg, Arno & Katenkamp, Olaf, 2018. "Der Mensch im Mittelpunkt oder im Weg? Grenzen und Potenziale menschengerechter Arbeitsgestaltung in der digitalen Transformation," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 71(3), pages 211-218.
    13. Behrens, Martin & Dribbusch, Heiner, 2014. "Arbeitgebermaßnahmen gegen Betriebsräte: Angriffe auf die betriebliche Mitbestimmung," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 67(2), pages 140-148.
    14. Arnold, Daniel & Arntz, Melanie & Gregory, Terry & Steffes, Susanne & Zierahn, Ulrich, 2016. "Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung für die Zukunft der Arbeitswelt," ZEW policy briefs 8/2016, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    15. Johnston, Hannah & Land-Kazlauskas, Chris., 2018. "Organizing on-demand representation, voice, and collective bargaining in the gig economy," ILO Working Papers 994981993502676, International Labour Organization.
    16. Hannah JOHNSTON, 2020. "Labour geographies of the platform economy: Understanding collective organizing strategies in the context of digitally mediated work," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 159(1), pages 25-45, March.
    17. Pfeiffer, Sabine, 2019. "Digitale Arbeitswelten und Arbeitsbeziehungen: What you see is what you get? [Digital working and industrial relations: What you see is what you get?]," Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, Verlag Barbara Budrich, vol. 26(2), pages 232-249.
    18. Hoose Fabian & Haipeter Thomas & Ittermann Peter, 2019. "Digitalisierung der Arbeit und Interessenvertretungen: Herausforderungen und Forschungsperspektiven," Arbeit, De Gruyter, vol. 28(4), pages 423-444, December.
    19. Ellguth, Peter & Kohaut, Susanne, 2018. "Tarifbindung und betriebliche Interessenvertretung: Aktuelle Ergebnisse aus dem IAB-Betriebspanel 2017," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 71(4), pages 299-306.
    20. Schneider, Helena & Stettes, Oliver & Vogel, Sandra, 2019. "Betriebliche Arbeitsbeziehungen und Transformationsprozesse: Eine empirische Analyse auf Basis des IW-Personalpanels [Industrial relations and transformation processes: An empirical analysis based ," IW-Trends – Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen Wirtschaftsforschung, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) / German Economic Institute, vol. 46(3), pages 109-125.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Herr, Benjamin & Schörpf, Philip & Flecker, Jörg, 2021. "Virtuelle Kommunikationsräume als Ausgangspunkt für Interessenartikulation in der Onlineplattformarbeit [Virtual communication rooms as a launching area for the articulation of interests in remot," Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, Verlag Barbara Budrich, vol. 28(2), pages 172-193.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Herrmann, Jens, 2020. "Betriebliche Mitbestimmungspraxis bei Digitalisierungsprozessen in der stationären Altenpflege," Forschung Aktuell 02/2020, Institut Arbeit und Technik (IAT), Westfälische Hochschule, University of Applied Sciences.
    2. Greef, Samuel & Schroeder, Wolfgang & Sperling, Hans Joachim, 2020. "Plattformökonomie und Crowdworking als Herausforderungen für das deutsche Modell der Arbeitsbeziehungen [Platform Economy and Crowdworking as Challenges for the German Model of Industrial Relatio," Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, Verlag Barbara Budrich, vol. 27(2), pages 205-226.
    3. Kirchner, Stefan & Matiaske, Wenzel, 2020. "Plattformökonomie und Arbeitsbeziehungen ‒ Digitalisierung zwischen imaginierter Zukunft und empirischer Gegenwart," Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, Verlag Barbara Budrich, vol. 27(2), pages 105-119.
    4. Rani Uma & Furrer Marianne, 2019. "On-Demand Digital Economy: Can Experience Ensure Work and Income Security for Microtask Workers?," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 239(3), pages 565-597, June.
    5. Hoose Fabian & Haipeter Thomas & Ittermann Peter, 2019. "Digitalisierung der Arbeit und Interessenvertretungen: Herausforderungen und Forschungsperspektiven," Arbeit, De Gruyter, vol. 28(4), pages 423-444, December.
    6. Andrey SHEVCHUK & Denis STREBKOV, 2023. "Digital platforms and the changing freelance workforce in the Russian Federation: A ten‐year perspective," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 162(1), pages 1-22, March.
    7. Werner Eichhorst & Ulf Rinne, 2017. "Digital Challenges for the Welfare State," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 18(04), pages 03-08, December.
    8. Alex Veen & Tom Barratt & Caleb Goods, 2020. "Platform-Capital’s ‘App-etite’ for Control: A Labour Process Analysis of Food-Delivery Work in Australia," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 34(3), pages 388-406, June.
    9. Katie J Wells & Kafui Attoh & Declan Cullen, 2021. "“Just-in-Place†labor: Driver organizing in the Uber workplace," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 53(2), pages 315-331, March.
    10. Panos Constantinides & Ola Henfridsson & Geoffrey G. Parker, 2018. "Introduction—Platforms and Infrastructures in the Digital Age," Information Systems Research, INFORMS, vol. 29(2), pages 381-400, June.
    11. Krzywdzinski, Martin & Gerst, Detlef & Butollo, Florian, 2022. "Promoting human-centred AI in the workplace. Trade unions and their strategies for regulating the use of AI in Germany," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, issue OnlineFir, pages 1-1.
    12. Behl, Abhishek & Jayawardena, Nirma & Ishizaka, Alessio & Gupta, Manish & Shankar, Amit, 2022. "Gamification and gigification: A multidimensional theoretical approach," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 139(C), pages 1378-1393.
    13. Julieta Haidar, 2023. "The multidimensional configuration of platform work: A mixed-methods analysis of the Argentinian case," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 44(4), pages 938-963, November.
    14. Krzywdzinski, Martin & Pfeiffer, Sabine & Evers, Maren & Gerber, Christine, 2022. "Measuring work and workers: Wearables and digital assistance systems in manufacturing and logistics," Discussion Papers, Research Group Globalization, Work, and Production SP III 2022-301, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    15. Georg, Arno & Guhlemann, Kerstin, 2021. "HDA reloaded? Lehren aus der "Humanisierungsdebatte" für die Gestaltung digitalisierter Arbeit," WSI Studies 23, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.
    16. Niki Panteli & Andriana Rapti & Dora Scholarios, 2020. "‘If He Just Knew Who We Were’: Microworkers’ Emerging Bonds of Attachment in a Fragmented Employment Relationship," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 34(3), pages 476-494, June.
    17. Gernot Grabher & Erwin van Tuijl, 2020. "Uber-production: From global networks to digital platforms," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 52(5), pages 1005-1016, August.
    18. Ciotti, Fabrizio & Hornuf, Lars & Stenzhorn, Eliza, 2021. "Lock-In Effects in Online Labor Markets," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 2021014, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    19. Hagen Lesch, 2020. "100 Jahre Betriebsrätegesetz und aktuelle Partizipation von Beschäftigten in Deutschland [100 Years of the Works Council Act and Current Participation of Employees in Germany]," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 100(7), pages 550-555, July.
    20. Thomas Haipeter, 2020. "Digitalisation, unions and participation: the German case of ‘industry 4.0’," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(3), pages 242-260, May.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Digitalization; employment relations; trade unions; interest representation; Digitalisierung; Arbeitsbeziehungen; Gewerkschaften; Interessenvertretung;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • J58 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Public Policy
    • J83 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Workers' Rights
    • J88 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Public Policy

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:zbw:indbez:266442. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/indbez/index .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.