Hospital Bargaining in the Wake of Management Reforms: Hungary and Slovakia Compared

European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015, Forthcoming

Posted: 29 Aug 2015

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Marta Kahancova

Central European Labour Studies Institute

Imre Gergely Szabo

Central European University (CEU) - Department of Political Science

Date Written: April 27, 2015

Abstract

This article analyses the impact of new public management on employment relations in public healthcare in Hungary and Slovakia. We argue that hospital corporatization – a process which changed the ownership structure and management of public hospitals without privatization – created an opportunity for institutional change in collective bargaining. However, the interaction between hospital owners and managements, the state and trade unions accounts for the absence of major institutional change. Instead, corporatization helped maintain bargaining coordination in Slovakia and bargaining fragmentation in Hungary.

Keywords: collective bargaining, corporatization, health care, new public management

Suggested Citation

Kahancova, Marta and Szabo, Imre Gergely, Hospital Bargaining in the Wake of Management Reforms: Hungary and Slovakia Compared (April 27, 2015). European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2652482

Marta Kahancova (Contact Author)

Central European Labour Studies Institute ( email )

Zvolenska 29
Bratislava, 82109
Slovakia

Imre Gergely Szabo

Central European University (CEU) - Department of Political Science ( email )

Nador utca 9
Budapest 1051
Hungary

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