Social partners and OSH: a multilevel and cross-country exploration in the hospital and social services sectors
(2023)
Journal Article
Weber, S., Bechter, B., Galetto, M., Guobaite, R., Blaziene, I., Hiltunen, L., …Owczarek, D. (2023). Social partners and OSH: a multilevel and cross-country exploration in the hospital and social services sectors. Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, 69(4), 253-277. https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2023-0006
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Het gebruik van human resources analytics door bedrijven: mogelijkheden, kansen en motivatie (2023)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., Brandl, B., & Lehr, A. (2023). Het gebruik van human resources analytics door bedrijven: mogelijkheden, kansen en motivatie. https://doi.org/10.5117/tva2023.1.011.gepu
‘You see similarities more than differences after a while’. Communities of Practice in European industrial relations. The case of the hospital European Sectoral Social Dialogue (2023)
Journal Article
Galetto, M., Weber, S., Larsson, B., Bechter, B., & Prosser, T. (2023). ‘You see similarities more than differences after a while’. Communities of Practice in European industrial relations. The case of the hospital European Sectoral Social Dialogue. Industrial Relations Journal, 54(2), 167-185. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12396This article looks at the hospital European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee (SSDC) through a Community of Practice (CoP) theoretical lens. Based on a 2-year project, qualitative in-depth interviews at the European level and in five Member states,... Read More about ‘You see similarities more than differences after a while’. Communities of Practice in European industrial relations. The case of the hospital European Sectoral Social Dialogue.
The role of the capability, opportunity, and motivation of firms for using human resource analytics to monitor employee performance: A multi‐level analysis of the organisational, market, and country context (2022)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., Brandl, B., & Lehr, A. (2022). The role of the capability, opportunity, and motivation of firms for using human resource analytics to monitor employee performance: A multi‐level analysis of the organisational, market, and country context. New Technology, Work and Employment, 37(3), 398-424. https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12239The digitalisation of business processes has led to the availability of (big) data which increasingly allows firms to analyse their workforce using HR analytics. On the basis of a cross-national multi-level analysis and a data set that covers more th... Read More about The role of the capability, opportunity, and motivation of firms for using human resource analytics to monitor employee performance: A multi‐level analysis of the organisational, market, and country context.
Institutions or resources and capabilities? Explaining engagement in European sectoral social dialogue (2021)
Journal Article
Prosser, T., Bechter, B., Galetto, M., Weber, S., & Larsson, B. (2022). Institutions or resources and capabilities? Explaining engagement in European sectoral social dialogue. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 43(3), 1420-1439. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x211016052We analyse social partner engagement in European sectoral social dialogue, testing two prominent theories to disentangle sector and country dynamics: institutional and resources and capabilities theories. While institutional theory accounted for cert... Read More about Institutions or resources and capabilities? Explaining engagement in European sectoral social dialogue.
Opening the black box: actors and interactions shaping European sectoral social dialogue (2021)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., Weber, S., Galetto, M., Larsson, B., & Prosser, T. (2021). Opening the black box: actors and interactions shaping European sectoral social dialogue. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 27(3), 269-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596801211000012This article highlights the importance of organizational resources and individual capabilities for interactions and relationships among social partners in European sectoral social dialogue committees (SSDCs). We use an actor-centred approach to inves... Read More about Opening the black box: actors and interactions shaping European sectoral social dialogue.
What's the point of European Sectoral Social Dialogue? Effectiveness and polycontexturality in the hospital and metal sectors (2020)
Journal Article
Larsson, B., Galetto, M., Weber, S., Bechter, B., & Prosser, T. (2020). What's the point of European Sectoral Social Dialogue? Effectiveness and polycontexturality in the hospital and metal sectors. Industrial Relations Journal, 51(5), 410-426. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12305Drawing on pragmatism and systems theory, this article analyses how participants in the European Sectoral Social Dialogue in the metal and hospital committees understand its effectiveness. We find that the participants have a broad understanding of e... Read More about What's the point of European Sectoral Social Dialogue? Effectiveness and polycontexturality in the hospital and metal sectors.
Variable Pay and/or Collective Wage Bargaining? Complements or Substitutes? (2019)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., Braakmann, N., & Brandl, B. (2021). Variable Pay and/or Collective Wage Bargaining? Complements or Substitutes?. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 74(2), 443-469. https://doi.org/10.1177/0019793919883882Whether collective wage bargaining impedes the implementation of variable pay systems is uncertain. The authors argue that much of this uncertainty is attributable to the fact that research neglects differences in the institutional structure of barga... Read More about Variable Pay and/or Collective Wage Bargaining? Complements or Substitutes?.
The Hybridization of National Collective Bargaining Systems: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Transformation of Collective Bargaining in the European Union (2018)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., & Brandl, B. (2019). The Hybridization of National Collective Bargaining Systems: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Transformation of Collective Bargaining in the European Union. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 40(3), 469-489. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x17748199In this article it is argued that the economic crisis has made national collective bargaining systems increasingly multi-layered, perforated and dynamically unstable, i.e. hybrid. The authors explain these transformations in terms of the concomitance... Read More about The Hybridization of National Collective Bargaining Systems: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Transformation of Collective Bargaining in the European Union.
Engagement in European Social Dialogue: an investigation into the role of social partner structural capacity (2017)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., Brandl, B., & Prosser, P. (2017). Engagement in European Social Dialogue: an investigation into the role of social partner structural capacity. Industrial Relations Journal, 48(4), 365-382. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12192Despite the importance of social dialogue for the European social model, there has been little attention to the factors that account for social partner engagement with European social dialogue. On the basis of data from 28 European sectoral social di... Read More about Engagement in European Social Dialogue: an investigation into the role of social partner structural capacity.
Recent Developments in European Industrial Relations. (2015)
Book Chapter
Bechter, B., & Brandl, B. (2015). Recent Developments in European Industrial Relations. In E. Union (Ed.), Industrial Relations in Europe 2014. European Commission: Brussels
Measurement and Analysis of Industrial Relations Aggregates: What is the Relevant Unit of Analysis in Comparative Research? (2015)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., & Brandl, B. (2015). Measurement and Analysis of Industrial Relations Aggregates: What is the Relevant Unit of Analysis in Comparative Research?. European Political Science, 14(4), 422-438. https://doi.org/10.1057/eps.2015.65There is a long tradition in comparative research on industrial relations of analysis concentrating on differences and similarities between countries, that is, focusing on aggregates measured at the national level. But what happens if there are no (m... Read More about Measurement and Analysis of Industrial Relations Aggregates: What is the Relevant Unit of Analysis in Comparative Research?.
Seniority. (2013)
Book Chapter
Bechter, B. (2013). Seniority. In V. Smith (Ed.), Sociology of Work Encyclopedia (757-759). SAGE Publications
Overview of European, national and public sector industrial relations. (2013)
Book Chapter
Bechter, B., & Brandl, B. (2013). Overview of European, national and public sector industrial relations. In E. Union (Ed.), Industrial Relations in Europe 2012 (21-52). European Commission: Brussels
Sectors or Countries? Typologies and Levels of Analysis in Comparative Industrial Relations. (2012)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., Brandl, B., & Meardi, G. (2012). Sectors or Countries? Typologies and Levels of Analysis in Comparative Industrial Relations. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 18(3), 185-202. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680112452691
Mehr Politik als Sozial- und Wirtschaftspolitik? Determinanten der Akzeptanz von sozial- und wirtschaftspolitischen Maßnahmen. (2011)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., Brandl, B., Pitlik, H., & Schwarz, G. (2011). Mehr Politik als Sozial- und Wirtschaftspolitik? Determinanten der Akzeptanz von sozial- und wirtschaftspolitischen Maßnahmen. Austrian Journal of Political Science, 40(3), 217-235
Near Is my Shirt, But Nearer Is My Skin: Ideology or Self-Interest as Determinants of Public Opinion on Fiscal Policy Issues. (2011)
Journal Article
Pitlik, H., Schwarz, G., Bechter, B., & Brandl, B. (2011). Near Is my Shirt, But Nearer Is My Skin: Ideology or Self-Interest as Determinants of Public Opinion on Fiscal Policy Issues. Kyklos, 64(2), 271-290
Die Bestimmungsgründe der (Re-) Sektoralisierung der industriellen Beziehungen in der Europäischen Union. (2011)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., Brandl, B., & Meardi, G. (2011). Die Bestimmungsgründe der (Re-) Sektoralisierung der industriellen Beziehungen in der Europäischen Union
From national to sectoral industrial relations: Developments in sectoral industrial relations in the EU. (2011)
Book
Bechter, B., Brandl, B., & Meardi, G. (2011). From national to sectoral industrial relations: Developments in sectoral industrial relations in the EU. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. https://doi.org/10.2806/16252
The management of variable pay in European banking. (2010)
Journal Article
Arrowsmith, J., Nicholaisen, H., Bechter, B., & Nonell, R. (2010). The management of variable pay in European banking
Engaging with variable pay: a comparative study of the metal industry. (2009)
Journal Article
Nergaard, K., J.e.;, D., Marginson, P., Bechter, B., & Arasanz Díaz, J. (2009). Engaging with variable pay: a comparative study of the metal industry. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 15(2), 121-141. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680109103607
The management of variable pay in banking: forms and rationale in four European countries. (2008)
Book Chapter
Arrowsmith, J., Nicholaisen, H., Bechter, B., & Nonell, R. (2008). The management of variable pay in banking: forms and rationale in four European countries. In R. Blanpain, & L. Dickens (Eds.), Challenges in European Employment Relations (201-240). Kluwer Law International
Changing collective bargaining: pay flexibility and the search for a fair model.
Book Chapter
Bechter, B. Changing collective bargaining: pay flexibility and the search for a fair model. In M. Baglioni, & B. Brandl (Eds.), Changing Labour Relations between Path Dependency and Global Trends (111-124). Peter Lang