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Beyond National Systems, Towards a ‘Gig Economy’? A Research Agenda for International and Comparative Employment Relations

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Greg Bamber

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© 2017 The Author(s) This journal (Volume 29, Issue 3, 2017) included four review essays that focussed on the 6th edition of the book International and Comparative Employment Relations: National Regulation, Global Changes (Bamber et al. 2016). This article reflects on these essays. It begins to develop a novel multi-scalar analytical framework for comparing employment relations internationally, which includes the influence of the institutional dynamics of industrial sectors and global production networks as well as national systems. It also discusses three aspects of the gig economy. Further it proposes a research agenda that would look beyond Varieties of Capitalism approaches, to embrace a more dynamic and diverse array of regulatory systems, including the gig economy and other developments in the world of work and employment relations.

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Author(s): Wright CF, Wailes N, Bamber GJ, Lansbury RD

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Year: 2017

Volume: 29

Issue: 4

Pages: 247-257

Print publication date: 01/12/2017

Online publication date: 01/12/2017

Acceptance date: 02/04/2016

Date deposited: 20/12/2017

ISSN (print): 0892-7545

ISSN (electronic): 1573-3378

Publisher: Springer New York LLC

URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10672-017-9308-2

DOI: 10.1007/s10672-017-9308-2

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