How should we think about employers’ associations?

Bryson, Alex and Willman, Paul (2022) How should we think about employers’ associations? British Journal of Industrial Relations. ISSN 0007-1080

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Abstract

We maintain that employer associations are a specific form of employer collusion that is overt, formal and labour market-focused which encompasses but is by no means confined to collective bargaining. We consider the conditions under which this form of collusion might emerge, and how it might develop. Since the context is the decline of employers’ associations in collective bargaining, we look at how collective bargaining involvement (and its disappearance) might relate to the growth or decline of other forms of collusion in areas such as product and financial markets, and political influence. Our central contention is that employers’ associations continue to perform an important role in helping employers set the terms of trade, albeit one that has adapted to the demise of sectoral bargaining.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14678543
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author(s).
Divisions:	Management
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2022 14:24
Last Modified:	18 Apr 2024 04:15
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/117499

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