Workplace change and institutional experimentation: a case study of service-sector work in Europe. (May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pulignano, Valeria; Thompson, Paul; Doerflinger, Nadja
• Is Part Of: Transfer. Volume 26:Number 2(2020:May)
• Page Start: 175
• Page End: 187
• Publication Date: 2020-05
• Subjects: Experimentation -- trade unions -- workplace -- institutions -- power -- agency -- service; Labor movement -- Europe -- Periodicals; Industrial relations -- Europe -- Periodicals; 331.09405
• DOI: 10.1177/1024258920918483
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1024-2589

Abstract

This article examines institutional experimentation by linking the dynamics of capital accumulation, the adoption of new digital technologies within the labour process, and institutional settings. Our inductive qualitative case study within the service (logistics) sector in Europe sheds light on the processes through which local stakeholders engage in workplace change through institutional experimentation. It also illustrates how and under which conditions unions can act as political agents of transformation to influence work and employment.