Promoting Social Dialogue in European Organizations: Human Resources Management and Constructive Conflict Management

✍ Scribed by Martin Euwema, Lourdes Munduate, Patricia Elgoibar, Erica Pender, Ana Belén García (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 213
• Series: Industrial Relations & Conflict Management
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume focuses on describing the social dialogue system in organizations from an Human Resources Management perspective. Based on the NEIRE model for industrial relations, key factors are determined contributing to creative social dialogue in European organizations. Actual data from surveys and interviews from more than 700 CEO and HR managers in eleven European countries give insights in the experiences with and expectations of employers of social dialogue. The volume offers a comprehensive introduction to the historical context and current situation in social dialogue in these countries. This context helps to understand the current major challenges in each country when it comes to a vital social dialogue. Using good practices from many organizations, this book offers an agenda for innovative and cooperative social dialogue in organizations.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Employee Representatives in European Organizations....Pages 1-17
Management Perceptions of Social Dialogue at the Company Level in Belgium....Pages 19-37
Employee Representatives in Denmark. How Employers See Them and What They Expect....Pages 39-51
Employee Representatives in Estonia. How Are They Perceived and What Are the Expectations by Employers in Estonia?....Pages 53-65
Employee Representatives in France: Employers’ Perceptions and Expectations Towards Improved Industrial Relations....Pages 67-78
Management’s Perceptions of Social Dialogue at the Company Level in Germany....Pages 79-92
Management’s Perceptions of Social Dialogue at Company Level in Italy....Pages 93-104
Industrial Relations and Works Councils in the Netherlands—Results from Interviews and a Survey among HR Managers....Pages 105-121
Employee Representatives in Poland. How are They Perceived and What are the Expectations by Employers?....Pages 123-134
Employee Representatives in Portugal. How are they Perceived and What are the Expectations by Employers?....Pages 135-145
Employee Representatives in Spain. Which are the Perceptions and Expectations by Employers?....Pages 147-162
Employee Representatives and Participation in the United Kingdom....Pages 163-177
The Tower of Power: Building Innovative Organizations Through Social Dialogue....Pages 179-196
Back Matter....Pages 197-199

✦ Subjects

Industrial, Organisational and Economic Psychology; Social Policy; Political Science, general