SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Business Administration
No 2005:12:
Explaining Union Organising During Corporate Mergers
Peter Hyllman and Oskar Gunnarsson
Abstract: With the emergence of transnational corporations and the
resulting internationalisation of union co-determination, unions are found
to organise themselves ineffectively in order to deal with this
development. This paper attempts to offer a preliminary explanation as to
why unions organise themselves in any given way during corporate mergers. A
major literature review as well as an in depth case study constitute the
basis for the explanation provided in this paper. Our literature study
identify five major ideals of union organising, shaping the ways in which
unions organise themselves in order to maintain legitimacy. Our in depth
case study reveal how these ideals come into play in practice and how
actors in a union organising process (re)produce these ideals in resolving
issues regarding organisational identity and governance. We integrate our
findings in presenting a conceptual model of union organising within
transnational corporations, highlighting the diverse interrelationship
between ideals as well as between ideals and actors.
Keywords: Union; transnational corporation; industrial relations; co-determination; corporate democracy; (follow links to similar papers)
16 pages, October 20, 2005
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