TY - JOUR
T1 - Adapting to survive
T2 - The case of Danish employers' organisations
AU - Ibsen, Christian Lyhne
AU - Navrbjerg, Steen Erik
PY - 2019/1/2
Y1 - 2019/1/2
N2 - Scholars often characterise Danish employers' organisations (EOs) as relatively stable, with a continuing role in the coordination of industrial relations and corporatist policymaking. This article shows that, beneath surface stability, Danish EOs have significantly adapted structurally and functionally to survive environmental pressures. However, rather than converging onto a liberal market trajectory, we find that Danish EOs have layered new functions onto traditional collective functions. We also find significant variations in functional adaptation depending on the employer constituencies' exposure to international competition and position in value chains. We argue that these adaptations imply that the provision of collective goods, especially in collective bargaining, is no longer sufficient for the survival of EOs.
AB - Scholars often characterise Danish employers' organisations (EOs) as relatively stable, with a continuing role in the coordination of industrial relations and corporatist policymaking. This article shows that, beneath surface stability, Danish EOs have significantly adapted structurally and functionally to survive environmental pressures. However, rather than converging onto a liberal market trajectory, we find that Danish EOs have layered new functions onto traditional collective functions. We also find significant variations in functional adaptation depending on the employer constituencies' exposure to international competition and position in value chains. We argue that these adaptations imply that the provision of collective goods, especially in collective bargaining, is no longer sufficient for the survival of EOs.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
U2 - 10.1111/1748-8583.12182
DO - 10.1111/1748-8583.12182
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0954-5395
VL - 29
SP - 36
EP - 50
JO - Human Resource Management Journal
JF - Human Resource Management Journal
IS - 1
ER -