Collective bargaining and technological innovation in the EU15: An analysis at establishment level

In this paper, we study the relationship between unionisation and workplace innovation in a cross-country and multisectoral approach. This is an important and controversial issue in the industrial relation literature; however, the empirical literature on the links between innovation and unionism is...

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Authors: da Silva Bichara, Julimar, Monsueto, Sandro E., Viñas Apaolaza, Ana Isabel
Format: article
Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/twec.13462
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Keyword:Collective bargaining
Establishment level
European Union
Technological innovation
Trade unions
Economía
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spelling Collective bargaining and technological innovation in the EU15: An analysis at establishment levelda Silva Bichara, JulimarMonsueto, Sandro E.Viñas Apaolaza, Ana IsabelCollective bargainingEstablishment levelEuropean UnionTechnological innovationTrade unionsEconomíaIn this paper, we study the relationship between unionisation and workplace innovation in a cross-country and multisectoral approach. This is an important and controversial issue in the industrial relation literature; however, the empirical literature on the links between innovation and unionism is rather scarce and results are mixed and ambiguous, both in theory and in empirical practice. The European Company Survey (Eurofound), with data for establishments in 15 European Union countries, is used employing a probit model. Our results contribute to the debate by showing that the adoption of technology not only increases when the company performs collective bargaining but also when the relationship between wage bargaining and innovation adoption is not linear, being more significant in cases where bargaining occurs at the regional/national levelFunding for this publication provided by the 4th edition of the Program of the Fundación Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and co-founded by Fundación Anastasio de GraciaWileyDepartamento de Estructura Económica y Economía del DesarrolloFacultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales20232023-07-28research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/708461https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/twec.13462reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7084612026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Collective bargaining and technological innovation in the EU15: An analysis at establishment level
title Collective bargaining and technological innovation in the EU15: An analysis at establishment level
spellingShingle Collective bargaining and technological innovation in the EU15: An analysis at establishment level
da Silva Bichara, Julimar
Collective bargaining
Establishment level
European Union
Technological innovation
Trade unions
Economía
title_short Collective bargaining and technological innovation in the EU15: An analysis at establishment level
title_full Collective bargaining and technological innovation in the EU15: An analysis at establishment level
title_fullStr Collective bargaining and technological innovation in the EU15: An analysis at establishment level
title_full_unstemmed Collective bargaining and technological innovation in the EU15: An analysis at establishment level
title_sort Collective bargaining and technological innovation in the EU15: An analysis at establishment level
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv da Silva Bichara, Julimar
Monsueto, Sandro E.
Viñas Apaolaza, Ana Isabel
author da Silva Bichara, Julimar
author_facet da Silva Bichara, Julimar
Monsueto, Sandro E.
Viñas Apaolaza, Ana Isabel
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author2 Monsueto, Sandro E.
Viñas Apaolaza, Ana Isabel
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author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Estructura Económica y Economía del Desarrollo
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Collective bargaining
Establishment level
European Union
Technological innovation
Trade unions
Economía
topic Collective bargaining
Establishment level
European Union
Technological innovation
Trade unions
Economía
description In this paper, we study the relationship between unionisation and workplace innovation in a cross-country and multisectoral approach. This is an important and controversial issue in the industrial relation literature; however, the empirical literature on the links between innovation and unionism is rather scarce and results are mixed and ambiguous, both in theory and in empirical practice. The European Company Survey (Eurofound), with data for establishments in 15 European Union countries, is used employing a probit model. Our results contribute to the debate by showing that the adoption of technology not only increases when the company performs collective bargaining but also when the relationship between wage bargaining and innovation adoption is not linear, being more significant in cases where bargaining occurs at the regional/national level
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