How can employment relations in global value networks be managed towards social responsibility?
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In: Human Relations , Vol. 71, No. 12, 01.12.2018, p. 1640-1665.
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T1 - How can employment relations in global value networks be managed towards social responsibility?
AU - Helfen, Markus
AU - Schüßler, Elke
AU - Sydow, Jörg
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - Ensuring social responsibility is a continued challenge in value creation processes that are globally dispersed among multiple organizations. We use the literature on interorganizational network management to shed new light on the question of how employment relations can be managed more responsibly in global value networks (GVNs). In contrast to the structure-oriented global value chain perspective, a network management perspective highlights the practices by which employment relations can be addressed in the context of plural forms of network governance. Using examples of GVNs in the automotive and garment industries, we illustrate how the network management practices of selecting, allocating, regulating and evaluating can enable lead firms and suppliers to effectively deal with social responsibility challenges on the level of whole networks. We also discuss how network management practices can handle field-level and firm-level constraints for the management of multi-employer relations in GVNs.
AB - Ensuring social responsibility is a continued challenge in value creation processes that are globally dispersed among multiple organizations. We use the literature on interorganizational network management to shed new light on the question of how employment relations can be managed more responsibly in global value networks (GVNs). In contrast to the structure-oriented global value chain perspective, a network management perspective highlights the practices by which employment relations can be addressed in the context of plural forms of network governance. Using examples of GVNs in the automotive and garment industries, we illustrate how the network management practices of selecting, allocating, regulating and evaluating can enable lead firms and suppliers to effectively deal with social responsibility challenges on the level of whole networks. We also discuss how network management practices can handle field-level and firm-level constraints for the management of multi-employer relations in GVNs.
KW - Management studies
KW - corporate social responsibility
KW - labour standards
KW - multi-employer relations
KW - network governance
KW - network management
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U2 - 10.1177/0018726718757060
DO - 10.1177/0018726718757060
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85044783172
VL - 71
SP - 1640
EP - 1665
JO - Human Relations
JF - Human Relations
SN - 0018-7267
IS - 12
ER -