Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/307726 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Research Papers in Economics No. 13/24
Publisher: 
Universität Trier, Fachbereich IV - Volkswirtschaftslehre, Trier
Abstract: 
From a theoretical viewpoint it is not clear whether or not works councils contribute to workplace democracy. This study is the first to provide systematic evidence that employees in establishments with a works council experience more democracy at work than the ones in establishments without a works councils. Employees' unionization plays an important moderating role in the link between works councils and workplace democracy. The influence of works council presence on experienced democracy at work is more pronounced and much stronger for union members than for nonmembers.
Subjects: 
Works councils
unions
democratic experience at work
open organizational climate
self-efficacy
collective efficacy
JEL: 
J52
J53
M12
O35
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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