 The co-evolution of technology and employment relations: Institutions, innovation and changeRodrigo Morem da Costa and Carlos Henrique Horn Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2021, vol. 58, issue C, 313-324 Abstract: This paper presents a theoretical model for understanding the co-evolution process between technologies and employment relations institutions. We have named this framework the Evolutionary Industrial Relations System (e-IRS) after both the original concept of an Industrial Relations System (IRS) by Dunlop and the evolutionary theory. The basic ideas of Dunlop's IRS are maintained: actors interacting in contexts, mediated by a shared ideology, to set up a web of rules that regulate employment relations. However, to surpass some of its main limitations, this model is substantially modified according to the evolutionary contributions about: firm behaviour, innovation and institutions. Innovation is seen as the main drive of change in employment relations institutions. The outcome of this process is unique for each country, because any change in employment regulation has to be negotiated between its respective firms, workers and government. Keywords: Evolutionary Industrial Relations System – Innovation – Institutions – Employment Relations (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:streco:v:58:y:2021:i:c:p:313-324 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2021.06.003 Access Statistics for this article Structural Change and Economic Dynamics is currently edited by F. Duchin, H. Hagemann, M. Landesmann, R. Scazzieri, A. Steenge and B. Verspagen More articles in Structural Change and Economic Dynamics from Elsevier |
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