TY - JOUR
T1 - Employer occupation of regulatory space of the Employee Information and Consultation (I&C) Directive in liberal market economies
AU - Dundon, Tony
AU - Dobbins, Tony
AU - Cullinane, Niall
AU - Hickland, Eugene
AU - Donaghey, Jimmy
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - This article shows how both employers and the state have influenced macro-level processes and structures concerning the content and transposition of the European Union (EU) Employee Information and Consultation (I&C) Directive. It argues that the processes of regulation occupied by employers reinforce a voluntarism which marginalizes rather than shares decision-making power with workers. The contribution advances the conceptual lens of 'regulatory space' by building on Lukes' multiple faces of power to better understand how employment regulation is determined across transnational, national and enterprise levels. The research proposes an integrated analytical framework on which 'occupancy' of regulatory space can be evaluated in comparative national contexts.
AB - This article shows how both employers and the state have influenced macro-level processes and structures concerning the content and transposition of the European Union (EU) Employee Information and Consultation (I&C) Directive. It argues that the processes of regulation occupied by employers reinforce a voluntarism which marginalizes rather than shares decision-making power with workers. The contribution advances the conceptual lens of 'regulatory space' by building on Lukes' multiple faces of power to better understand how employment regulation is determined across transnational, national and enterprise levels. The research proposes an integrated analytical framework on which 'occupancy' of regulatory space can be evaluated in comparative national contexts.
KW - employee voice
KW - employment regulation
KW - European Information and Consultation Directive
KW - space
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84893591665&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0950017012466688
DO - 10.1177/0950017012466688
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84893591665
SN - 0950-0170
VL - 28
SP - 21
EP - 39
JO - Work, Employment and Society
JF - Work, Employment and Society
IS - 1
ER -