Identity work: sustaining transnational collective action at General Motors Europe
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Greer, Ian and Hauptmeier, Marco (2012) Identity work: sustaining transnational collective action at General Motors Europe. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 51 (2). pp. 275-299. ISSN 0019-8676 (print), 1468-232X (online) (doi:10.1111/j.1468-232X.2012.00677.x)
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Abstract
What are the conditions under which transnational collective action is initiated and sustained? This article presents a case study of General Motors Europe, where labor leaders have mobilized the workforce and bargained with management at the transnational level repeatedly over more than a decade as a response to management whipsawing and threats of plant closures. In contrast to structuralist interest-based theories of union behavior, we identify a process of “identity work” that was necessary to sustain transnational worker cooperation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | labor transnationalism, automotive industry, trade unionism |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
| School / Department / Research Groups: | School of Business School of Business > Department of Human Resources & Organisational Behaviour School of Business > Work & Employment Research Unit |
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| Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2012 12:23 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/8066 |
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