Steen E. Navrbjerg
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Telephone: +45 35 32 32 79
Steen E. Navrbjerg (mag.art. in cultural sociology, Ph.D. in sociology) has been associated with FAOS and Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen since 1993. He is on the editorial board of “Tidsskrift for Arbejdsliv” (“Journal for Working Life”).
Research Interests
Labour-market relations with a focus on the local level industrial relations. Apart from a general interest in Industrial Relations and Employment Relations theory, focus of the research is on conditions for cooperation between management and employee representatives – and how the communication is manifesting itself in a relatively decentralised bargaining system. New forms of work organisation like Human Resource Management are central in the analysis. Both the private and public sector is of interest.
Present Research and Projects
Under the umbrella research programme Internationalisation, Multi-level Regulation and the Danish Model (2004-2008), the pivotal point is the response of local enterprises to national and global challenges and how this influence co-operation and union affiliation. Especially possibilities and problems connected to the collective bargaining system in still more internationally operating companies will be a future research area.
Publications
Steen E. Navrbjerg’s main works are:
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Tillidsrepræsentantundersøgelsen 1998 (The Shop Steward Survey 1998) conducted for the Federation of Danish Trade Unions (LO);
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His Ph.D. thesis Nye arbejdsorganiseringer, fleksibilitet og decentralisering (New Forms of Work Organisation, Flexibility and Decentralisation) (Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag, 1999)
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Nye roller og udfordringer for lokale ledelses- og medarbejderrepræsentanter i den (amts)kommunale sektor (New Roles and Challenges for Local Managers and Employee Representatives in the Municipal Sector) (2000)
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Fremtidens overenskomster i decentraliseringens tegn (Decentralisation and the Future of Collective Bargaining) (2001)
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Mellem medindflydelse og medbestemmelse (Across Influcence and Co-determination) (2004)
