Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/280436 
Title (translated): 
The role of industrial relations in the global South for social upgrading in global value chains
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Industrielle Beziehungen [ISSN:] 1862-0035 [Volume:] 28 [Issue:] 2 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 120-147
Publisher: 
Verlag Barbara Budrich, Leverkusen
Abstract: 
Anhand vergleichender Fallstudien in vier Branchen (Automobil, Bekleidung, Elektronikgüter, IT-Dienstleistungen) und sechs Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländern (Indien, Bangladesch, China, Vietnam, Brasilien, Südafrika) zeigen wir den Einfluss industriespezifischer Governance-Formen sowie nationaler Systeme industrieller Beziehungen auf soziales Upgrading auf. Erfolgreiches soziales Upgrading hängt demzufolge entscheidend davon ab, ob nationale Gewerkschaften über ausreichende assoziative und institutionelle Macht verfügen, um sich in Transformationsauseinandersetzungen gegenüber dominanten nationalen Koalitionen behaupten zu können.
Abstract (Translated): 
Using comparative case studies of four industries (automotive, apparel, electronics, and IT services) in six emerging and developing countries (India, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Brazil, and South Africa), we illustrate the influence of industry-specific governance forms and national systems of industrial relations on social upgrading. This leads to the conclusion that successful social upgrading depends decidedly on whether national unions have a sufficient degree of associational and institutional power to effectively confront dominant national coalitions in transformation disputes.
Subjects: 
Arbeitsbedingungen
Schwellenländer
wirtschaftliches Upgrading
internationaler Vergleich
Gewerkschaften
Labour
emerging economies
working conditions
economic upgrading
crosscountry comparison
JEL: 
J21
J30
J46
J51
J83
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Document Type: 
Article

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