Importing low-density ideas to high-density revitalisation: The 'organising model' in Denmark
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Importing low-density ideas to high-density revitalisation : The 'organising model' in Denmark. / Arnholtz, Jens; Ibsen, Christian Lyhne; Ibsen, Flemming.
In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 37, No. 2, 2016, p. 297-317.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Importing low-density ideas to high-density revitalisation
T2 - The 'organising model' in Denmark
AU - Arnholtz, Jens
AU - Ibsen, Christian Lyhne
AU - Ibsen, Flemming
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Why did union officials from a high-union-density country like Denmark choose to import an organising strategy from low-density countries such as the US and the UK? Drawing on in-depth interviews with key union officials and internal documents, the authors of this article argue two key points. First, rather than unions settling for a semi-automatic response to membership decline, the ‘organising model’ was actively imported as a strategic tool for challenging alternative responses to membership decline. Second, the organising model was actively translated into a Danish context and most unions cherry-pick some elements while leaving fundamental aspects out. The study nevertheless indicates that a lack of coherency and model-fit to Danish industrial relations might hamper the positive effects of the organising strategy.
AB - Why did union officials from a high-union-density country like Denmark choose to import an organising strategy from low-density countries such as the US and the UK? Drawing on in-depth interviews with key union officials and internal documents, the authors of this article argue two key points. First, rather than unions settling for a semi-automatic response to membership decline, the ‘organising model’ was actively imported as a strategic tool for challenging alternative responses to membership decline. Second, the organising model was actively translated into a Danish context and most unions cherry-pick some elements while leaving fundamental aspects out. The study nevertheless indicates that a lack of coherency and model-fit to Danish industrial relations might hamper the positive effects of the organising strategy.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Denmark
KW - institutional diffusion
KW - organising
KW - trade unions
U2 - 10.1177/0143831X14549034
DO - 10.1177/0143831X14549034
M3 - Journal article
VL - 37
SP - 297
EP - 317
JO - Economic and Industrial Democracy
JF - Economic and Industrial Democracy
SN - 0143-831X
IS - 2
ER -
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