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Organised decentralisation, uneven outcomes: employment relations in the Italian public health sector
Author(s) -
Galetto Manuela
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/irj.12175
Subject(s) - decentralization , collective bargaining , public sector , industrial relations , health sector , political science , economic growth , economics , labour economics , economy , sociology , health services , market economy , population , demography , law
This article looks at the difficulties of adapting a very centralised employment relations system in a country characterised by a deep regional economic divide. In particular, by looking at the Italian public health sector, it is contended that organised decentralisation of employment relations implemented against wide regional differences led to uneven outcomes in second‐level (organisation) collective bargaining.