TY - CHAP T1 - Employee Representatives in France: Employers’ Perceptions and Expectations Towards Improved Industrial Relations T2 - Promoting Social Dialogue in European Organizations Y1 - 2015 AB -

The first part of the chapter provides an overview of historical, legal, political, and cultural factors which have shaped the system of industrial relations in France to this day. Drawing on the quantitative results of an on-line survey and on the qualitative analysis of a series of interviews with a sample of HR managers in France, part 2 and 3 analyze how employers perceive employee representatives when it comes to social dialogue: eight factors impacting the quality of industrial relations are summarized. Building on this, part 4 introduces eight suggestions to improve the quality of social dialogue in France.

JA - Promoting Social Dialogue in European Organizations PB - Springer International Publishing CY - New York L2 - eng UR - http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-08605-7_5 ER -