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CONCEPTUALIZING THE TRANS–NATIONALIZATION TRENDS IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: TOWARDS OPEN-SYSTEM FRAMEWORK
Abstract: Deunionization has come to the fore in industrial relations since the fourth quarter of the 20th century, and been mostly death within the extent of national context. Considering the fact that the challenge of deunionization has been posed not only by the national de-velopments but also by the transnational ones, this paper attempts to analyze the industrial relations by a theoretical approach, ‘Open-System Framework’, which integrates the influences of both national and trans-national factors on trade unions. It’s concluded that there have ap-peared several transnational (regional and international) actors which of-fer pro- or anti-trade union strategies into the national industrial rela-tions systems, and formidability of the current anti-trade union environ-ment is stemming largely from the convergence of the strategies of the transnational and national actors in an anti-trade union direction. To counteract this ‘real’ challenge, trade unions have produced ‘rhetorical’ strategies and remained marginal in the transnational power relations. Additionally, it’s also pointed out that the convergence on deunionization differentiates according to the political economy of power relations in the national contexts since the influences of transnational actors on trade unions materialize in parallel with the local characteristics of the national systems.
Keywords: Industrial Relations Theory, Transnational Industrial Rela-tions, Open-System Framework.