Why do employees cooperate with their employers?

15 Marzo 2023, ore 14, Fondazione Marco Biagi

Abstract
Why do employees cooperate with their employers? The answer seems obvious – they are contractually obliged to, and, in doing so, employees ensure they attain an income and retain their employment security. Employers, too, need employees’ consent if they are to gain their active cooperation in the pursuit of organisational goals. It seems, then, that there is a mutual incentive for both employees and employers to cooperate with one another.
Despite this, we know that some employers are far better than others at attaining employees’ consent. We know, too, that that levels of cooperation vary across different sectors of the economy, across regions and across countries. Drawing on the theoretical framework provided by Bélanger and Edwards (2007), we examine the conditions that explain workplace cooperation in small medium-sized firms in Northern Italy.

Introduction
Iacopo Senatori
Economics Department Marco Biagi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Speakers
John Geary
University College Dublin, Ireland
Andrea Signoretti
University of Trento

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