‘You see similarities more than differences after a while'. Communities of practice in European industrial relations. The case of the hospital European Sectoral Social Dialogue
Galetto, Manuela ; Weber, Sabrina ; Larsson, Bengt ; Bechter, Barbara ; Prosser, Thomas
2023
54
2
March
167-185
sectoral social dialogue ; hospital ; labour relations ; European social model
Labour relations
https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12396
English
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"This article looks at the hospital European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee (SSDC) through a Community of Practice (CoP) theoretical lens. Based on a 2-year project, qualitative in-depth interviews at the European level and in five Member states, and participant observation of the hospital SSDC, we propose a shift from traditional institutional and resource-based accounts and provide a learning and knowledge-focused understanding of this specific area of European industrial relations. Interpreting the SSDCs as a CoP sheds new light on the role of power relations, participation and informal activities among members and on how they work together; this, we find, can alert those interested in more effective functioning of the European Sectoral Social Dialogue on how to strengthen this supra-national level of industrial relations."
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