Works councils and workers’ party preferences in Germany

IF 1.3 2区 管理学 Q3 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR British Journal of Industrial Relations Pub Date : 2024-06-06 DOI:10.1111/bjir.12823
Uwe Jirjahn, Thi Xuan Thu Le
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Research on the consequences of works councils has been dominated by economic aspects. Our study provides evidence that works councils have non-financial consequences for society that go beyond the boundaries of the workplace. Using panel data from a large sample of workers in Germany, we show that works councils have an influence on workers’ party preferences. Works council presence is negatively associated with preferences for extreme right-wing parties and positively associated with preferences for the Social Democratic Party and The Left. These results hold in panel data estimations including a large set of controls and accounting for unobserved individual-specific factors. Our findings fit the notion that workplace democracy increases workers’ solidarity and their awareness of social and political issues. However, the influence of works council representation on party preferences is gender-specific. Asymmetric gender norms within society may entail a lower responsiveness of women's party preferences to workplace democracy.

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德国的劳资协议会和工人政党倾向性
关于劳资协议会后果的研究主要集中在经济方面。我们的研究提供了证据,证明劳资协议会对社会产生了超越工作场所界限的非经济影响。我们使用德国大量工人样本的面板数据表明,劳资协议会对工人的政党偏好有影响。劳资协议会的存在与极右翼政党的偏好呈负相关,而与社会民主党和左翼党的偏好呈正相关。这些结果在面板数据估算中成立,其中包括大量控制因素和未观察到的个人特定因素。我们的研究结果符合职场民主能增强工人的团结及其对社会和政治问题的认识这一观点。然而,职代会代表对政党偏好的影响是有性别差异的。社会中不对称的性别规范可能导致妇女的政党偏好对工作场所民主的反应较低。
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British Journal of Industrial Relations
British Journal of Industrial Relations INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR-
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期刊介绍: BJIR (British Journal of Industrial Relations) is an influential and authoritative journal which is essential reading for all academics and practitioners interested in work and employment relations. It is the highest ranked European journal in the Industrial Relations & Labour category of the Social Sciences Citation Index. BJIR aims to present the latest research on developments on employment and work from across the globe that appeal to an international readership. Contributions are drawn from all of the main social science disciplines, deal with a broad range of employment topics and express a range of viewpoints.
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