Abstract:
Labour markets and industrial relations have changed during the
last couple of decades. In a number of countries, the traditional
systems of collective bargaining have been challenged by trends
toward decentralisation, individualisation and deinstitutionalisation
at the labour market. This has had both practical and theoretical
implications for the industrial relations field. In the article we
identify different types of theoretical discourses about how to
understand and conceptualise the practical changes in industrial
relations. We discuss its implication for the academic discussions
about employment relations versus industrial relations.
