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Pattern Bargaining: An Investigation into its Agency, Context and Evidence
Author(s) -
Traxler Franz,
Brandl Bernd,
Glassner Vera
Publication year - 2008
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/j.1467-8543.2007.00664.x
Subject(s) - bargaining power , scope (computer science) , agency (philosophy) , context (archaeology) , perspective (graphical) , collective bargaining , function (biology) , empirical evidence , economics , mechanism (biology) , power (physics) , positive economics , subject (documents) , microeconomics , sociology , epistemology , market economy , social science , computer science , paleontology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , evolutionary biology , library science , biology , programming language
Pattern bargaining stands out as both an under‐researched and controversial subject. This article is an analytical and empirical contribution to this debate. Theoretically, it provides a conceptual framework, which enables analysis to systematically differentiate between distinct forms of pattern bargaining in terms of scope, agency, development and function, which arise from differing contexts in terms of interest configuration, power relations and economic conditions. This framework is used to develop testable hypotheses on pattern bargaining as a mechanism of inter‐industry bargaining co‐ordination. The empirical part of the article examines these hypotheses for collective bargaining from 1969 to 2004 in Austria, which is commonly seen as a paradigm case of pattern bargaining. The article concludes by highlighting the broader implications its findings have from a cross‐nationally comparative perspective.