Führung und Arbeitsbedingungen in der digitalisierten öffentlichen Verwaltung

Dreas, Susanne A.; Klenk, Tanja

doi:10.5771/9783748926214

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“…Studies addressing special issues like New Public Management (NPM) (Bogumil et al, 2007;Kißler et al, 1997Kißler et al, , 2000, performance-related pay (PRP; Schmidt et al, 2011), digitisation (Bogumil et al, 2019;Dose and Lieblang, 2020;Dreas and Klenk, 2021) or recently the COVID-19 pandemic (Behruzi et al, 2021), sometimes discuss the role of staff councils concerning specific topics, but usually do not focus on staff councils themselves. Kißler (2000, 2002) are an exception.…”

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Staff councils and their power resources – Workplace representation in German municipalities

Müller

Schmidt

2022

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PurposeThe paper examines the work and interactions of staff councils in German municipalities and the power resources the staff councils have at disposal. The paper also discusses the relationship between staff councils and trade unions and suggests a modification of the prominent concept of the “dual system of interest representation” to a “trimorphic system of interest representation” for the public sector.Design/methodology/approachThe paper draws on case studies of staff councils in municipalities and administrative districts, relying on semi-structured interviews, group discussions and document analysis.FindingsStaff councils operate in an extensively regulated field. The major task of staff councils is to monitor that employers follow collective agreements and the law. Staff councils' existence and co-determination rights of staff councils are provided by law; however, staff councils not only use institutional, but also organisational and – occasionally – political power resources, whereas structural and societal power resources are rarely actively used. The relationship between staff councils and trade unions often plays an important role and is in many cases characterised by mutual support.Originality/valueAlthough staff councils are a widespread and a very interesting type of representation because staff councils represent both employees and civil servants who are employed in two distinctly different employment systems, staff councils are widely under-researched. This paper enriches empirical knowledge about labour relations and introduces the notion of a “trimorphic system of interest representation”.

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confidence: 99%

“…, 2011), digitisation (Bogumil et al. , 2019; Dose and Lieblang, 2020; Dreas and Klenk, 2021) or recently the COVID-19 pandemic (Behruzi et al. , 2021), sometimes discuss the role of staff councils concerning specific topics, but usually do not focus on staff councils themselves.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%