Social dialogue in France and reactions to the financialisation of the economy

Isabelle Chambost, Christian Hoarau and Patrick Roturier
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Isabelle Chambost: Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CRC-GREG EA n° 2430) and Syndex
Christian Hoarau: Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CRC-GREG EA n° 2430) and Syndex
Patrick Roturier: Syndex

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 2009, vol. 15, issue 2, 271-289

Abstract: Although France, unlike the English-speaking countries, came late to the capital market economy, the phenomenon of financialisation of companies - or ‘private equity’ - has now gained considerable ground. Yet the fact that the procedures and choices governing its operation are confined within the managerial sphere makes it difficult to gain any clear idea of how the various dimensions of labour, and in particular the social dialogue, are affected by this new business model. The article sets out to gain deeper insight into this dialectic through a series of semi-directive interviews of worker representatives intended better to understand aspects that are difficult to quantify. Analysis of the interview findings reveals a shared awareness of changes in practices and in the underlying business model that determines corporate operations; the resulting changes in the rules of the game governing interaction between the two sides of industry prompt a serious reconsideration of the methods and purposes of trade union action.

Keywords: financialisation; social dialogue; qualitative analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/102425890901500208

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