Employment Relationship

Question 1

What is the wage-effort bargain?

Answer 1

Employers buy labour power of workers and aim to increase productivity
Workers submit to authority of the employer

Question 2

It is an _____ relationship

Answer 2

Asymmetrical - employer has greater power than worker

Question 3

What is the frontier of control?

Answer 3

Narrow: regulation of the workplace at the workplace
Broader: regulation of workplace through market, political and social forces

Question 4

What does the power of workers stem from?

Answer 4

Ability to disrupt
Scarcity of labour
Political influence

Question 5

What two types of economies are there?

Answer 5

Liberal market

Coordinated market

Question 6

Describe the Liberal Market Economies

Answer 6

Capital markets
Weakly regulated labour markets
Weak unions and employer associations
Decentralised collective bargaining
Welfare state

Question 7

What is the employment relationship? (Lewis et al, 2003)

Answer 7

Economic, social, legal and psychological and political relationship in which employees give time and expertise to employer in exchange for financial and non-financial rewards