Job quality in worker cooperatives: Beyond degeneration and intrinsic rewards

IF 1.3 2区 管理学 Q3 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Lisa Dorigatti, Francesco E. Iannuzzi, Valeria Piro, Devi Sacchetto
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Abstract

While there are normally positive expectations concerning job quality in cooperatives, many studies have described a more complex picture. The extant literature has, however, found it difficult to deal with evidence of poor working conditions in these organisations. Some contributions downplay the relevance of this issue, arguing that poor extrinsic aspects of job quality are compensated by intrinsic rewards, as confirmed by higher levels of job satisfaction. Others focus on external market pressure and interpret bad labour conditions as a form of degeneration of originally good employment practices. Through a qualitative analysis of job quality in cooperatives in three sectors of the Italian economy (social services, hotel cleaning and meat processing), we advance a different argument: we contend that employment practices associated with poor job quality are not the result of difficult market conditions but are rather the key explanation for the quantitative expansion of this form of economic organisation, which has moved from being an instrument for promoting good employment to a way of ensuring lower labour costs and higher flexibility within outsourcing relationships.

工人合作社的工作质量:超越退化和内在回报
虽然人们通常对合作社的工作质量抱有积极的期望,但许多研究却描述了更为复杂的情况。然而,现有文献发现,很难处理这些组织工作条件恶劣的证据。一些文献淡化了这一问题的相关性,认为工作质量差的外在方面可以通过内在奖励得到补偿,工作满意度较高也证实了这一点。另一些文章则将重点放在外部市场压力上,并将恶劣的劳动条件解释为原本良好的就业实践的一种退化形式。通过对意大利三个经济部门(社会服务、酒店清洁和肉类加工)中合作社的工作质量进行定性分析,我们提出了一个不同的论点:我们认为,与工作质量差相关的就业实践并不是困难的市场条件造成的,而是这种经济组织形式数量扩张的主要原因,它已从促进良好就业的工具转变为确保降低劳动力成本和提高外包关系灵活性的一种方式。
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British Journal of Industrial Relations
British Journal of Industrial Relations INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR-
CiteScore
4.20
自引率
11.50%
发文量
58
期刊介绍: BJIR (British Journal of Industrial Relations) is an influential and authoritative journal which is essential reading for all academics and practitioners interested in work and employment relations. It is the highest ranked European journal in the Industrial Relations & Labour category of the Social Sciences Citation Index. BJIR aims to present the latest research on developments on employment and work from across the globe that appeal to an international readership. Contributions are drawn from all of the main social science disciplines, deal with a broad range of employment topics and express a range of viewpoints.
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