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Improving social dialogue: What employers expect from employee representatives

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https://doi.org/10.1177/1035304617739506

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The model of social dialogue in organisations between management and employees is facing unprecedented challenges, and changing rapidly. In this new context of labour relations, experiences and expectations of each other are key drivers for the primary parties within this social dialogue. There has been little systematic research investigating the conditions for constructive social dialogue, particularly when it comes to 'soft factors', such as perceived competences, trust, influence and conflict behaviours. Addressing these issues based on theories of conflict, trust and influence, this article investigates the experiences and expectations of employee representatives (ERs) by human resource (HR) managers, their counterparts in social dialogue. The results of surveys conducted in 11 European countries indicate that, overall, employers found a model of structured dialogue with elected employee representatives useful. Furthermore, competences of ERs, cooperative conflict behaviours, informal relations and trust promoted the influence of ERs on organisational decision making and the quality of these decisions. We discuss implications for different systems of industrial relations.

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Recursos humans, Diàleg, Gestió de conflictes

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Human capital, Dialogue, Conflict management

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ROMERO PENDER, Erica, et al. Improving social dialogue: What employers expect from employee representatives. Economic and Labour Relations Review. 2018. Vol. 29, num. 2, pags. 169-189. ISSN 1035-3046. [consulted: 7 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/122882

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