Worker perceptions of representation and rights in Germany and the USA

John Godard and Carola M. Frege

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Abstract: Germany and the USA have very different systems of legal representation and rights at work, but these differences and their effects may have lessened. We draw on a large-scale telephone survey to explore worker perceptions of these systems, and find that perceptions of German workers are more favourable than those of their US counterparts, but not by as much as might be expected. Our findings could in part be explained by cross-national differences in both worker ideologies and the way the different systems function, but they also point to the importance of perceptions in understanding and assessing cross-national institutional differences, and have implications for the future of workplace representation and rights in both nations.

Keywords: Comparative employment relations; employee participation; Germany; USA; worker attitudes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-03-01
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Published in European Journal of Industrial Relations, 1, March, 2014, 20(1), pp. 73-89. ISSN: 0959-6801

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