%0 Journal Article %1 nicklich2018renewal %A Nicklich, Manuel %A Helfen, Markus %D 2018 %I SAGE Publications %J European Journal of Industrial Relations %K Germany IG_Metall USA industrial_relations_systems institutional_theory organizing trade_union_renewal %P 095968011775200 %R 10.1177/0959680117752000 %T Trade union renewal and `organizing from below' in Germany: Institutional constraints, strategic dilemmas and organizational tensions %U https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0959680117752000 %X Organizing is widely discussed as a remedy for continued union decline. Originating in the liberal market industrial relations systems of the Anglo-Saxon world, the ‘organizing’ strategy is increasingly discussed in countries like Germany, traditionally known for consensual industrial relations and multi-employer collective bargaining. To study whether and how ‘organizing’ is translated in union organizations operating in a different institutional context, we study the link between organizational transformation and institutions in IG Metall in Germany, which was been influenced by the American Service Employees International Union (SEIU). We find a German variety of organizing rather than a mere copying of ‘best practice’: the union’s approach is based on institutional and organizational structures as a resource and constraint.

@article{nicklich2018renewal, abstract = {Organizing is widely discussed as a remedy for continued union decline. Originating in the liberal market industrial relations systems of the Anglo-Saxon world, the ‘organizing’ strategy is increasingly discussed in countries like Germany, traditionally known for consensual industrial relations and multi-employer collective bargaining. To study whether and how ‘organizing’ is translated in union organizations operating in a different institutional context, we study the link between organizational transformation and institutions in IG Metall in Germany, which was been influenced by the American Service Employees International Union (SEIU). We find a German variety of organizing rather than a mere copying of ‘best practice’: the union’s approach is based on institutional and organizational structures as a resource and constraint.}, added-at = {2018-01-23T15:19:05.000+0100}, author = {Nicklich, Manuel and Helfen, Markus}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2827e52f9df08646e7fc855e439b39514/meneteqel}, doi = {10.1177/0959680117752000}, interhash = {3d7dd505228cc5c5dd3933ef9ce22cdd}, intrahash = {827e52f9df08646e7fc855e439b39514}, journal = {European Journal of Industrial Relations}, keywords = {Germany IG_Metall USA industrial_relations_systems institutional_theory organizing trade_union_renewal}, language = {ger}, month = jan, pages = 095968011775200, publisher = {SAGE Publications}, timestamp = {2018-06-23T17:37:30.000+0200}, title = {Trade union renewal and `organizing from below' in Germany: Institutional constraints, strategic dilemmas and organizational tensions}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0959680117752000}, year = 2018 }