TY - JOUR
T1 - Societal effects meet sectoral effects: work organization, competencies and payment systems in the Volvo Commercial Vehicle Division
AU - Wallace, T.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - By comparing the development of competence payment systems in Volvo's Commercial Vehicle plants in Sweden, Belgium, and the UK, the paper seeks to explain some of the reasons why the UK is lagging behind in the development of innovative pay systems. In the Commercial Vehicle sector the reticence of UK-based assemblers such as Volvo and Leyland Trucks to introduce new forms of payment systems can be only partially explained with reference to societal factors. One has to look further, to the historical development of the UK automotive sector and the perception of management that the introduction of a payment system based upon individual effort would lead back to the restrictive practices and demarcation disputes which exemplified the employment relationship in the 1960s and 1970s.
AB - By comparing the development of competence payment systems in Volvo's Commercial Vehicle plants in Sweden, Belgium, and the UK, the paper seeks to explain some of the reasons why the UK is lagging behind in the development of innovative pay systems. In the Commercial Vehicle sector the reticence of UK-based assemblers such as Volvo and Leyland Trucks to introduce new forms of payment systems can be only partially explained with reference to societal factors. One has to look further, to the historical development of the UK automotive sector and the perception of management that the introduction of a payment system based upon individual effort would lead back to the restrictive practices and demarcation disputes which exemplified the employment relationship in the 1960s and 1970s.
U2 - 10.1080/09585190050075088
DO - 10.1080/09585190050075088
M3 - Article (journal)
SN - 1466-4399
VL - 11
SP - 714
EP - 735
JO - The International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - The International Journal of Human Resource Management
IS - 4
ER -