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Evaluating Industrial Relations Systems of OECD Countries from 1993 to 2005: A Two‐Dimensional Approach
Author(s) -
Kim DongOne,
Kim YoonHo,
Voos Paula,
Suzuki Hiromasa,
Kim Young Doo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/bjir.12092
Subject(s) - equity (law) , rank (graph theory) , econometrics , economics , mathematics , political science , combinatorics , law
This article uses both cross‐sectional and longitudinal methods to evaluate the national industrial relations systems of 30 O rganisation for E conomic C o‐operation and D evelopment ( OECD ) countries from 1993 to 2005. We adopt a pluralistic view of industrial relations that gives equal weight to efficiency and equity, along with a general systems model consisting of input, process and output. We rank each country in terms of a combined score of efficiency and equity. We find that the 30 OECD countries can be separated into three distinct groups (high on both equity and efficiency; high on efficiency but low on equity; moderate on equity and low on efficiency), and that these groups exhibit considerable stability over time.