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Variations and (a)symmetries in trust between employees and employers in Europe: Some (not so) well-known stylized facts

Brandl, B.

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I analyse the incidence of trust between employee representatives and management at the firm level in EU member states. Most previous analyses focus primarily on employees’ trust in the employer, but I consider both sides. The analysis confirms, but generalizes, some known stylized facts such as that trust is relatively high in Scandinavian countries but relatively low in Mediterranean countries. My analysis also reveals a number of novel stylized facts, including a high degree of variability in Central and Eastern Europe. Furthermore, strong mutual trust is very rare throughout Europe and the trust relationship is systematically asymmetric, as employers’ trust in the employee side is systematically higher than the reverse relationship.

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Brandl, B. (2020). Variations and (a)symmetries in trust between employees and employers in Europe: Some (not so) well-known stylized facts. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 26(3), 313-329. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680119850721

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date May 22, 2019
Publication Date 2020-09
Deposit Date May 3, 2019
Publicly Available Date May 21, 2019
Journal European Journal of Industrial Relations
Print ISSN 0959-6801
Electronic ISSN 1461-7129
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 26
Issue 3
Pages 313-329
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680119850721
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1302373

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Brandl, B. Variations and (a)symmetries in trust between employees and employers in Europe: Some (not so) well-known stylized facts. The European Journal of Industrial Relations (Journal Volume Number and Issue Number) pp. xx-xx. Copyright © © The Author(s) 2019. DOI: 10.1177/0959680119850721






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