caa a22 4500 605484597 CHVBK 20210128100437.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-014-2222-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-014-2222-8 Niforou Christina Organisation, Work and Employment, Birmingham Business School, Edgbaston Park Road, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK aut Labour Leverage in Global Value Chains: The Role of Interdependencies and Multi-level Dynamics [Elektronische Daten] [Christina Niforou] The global segmentation of production and distribution has resulted in highly complex global value chains (GVCs) where vertical and horizontal dynamics are equally important in determining working conditions and providing points of leverage for labour. Borrowing notions of multi-level governance, we propose an analytical framework for describing and explaining success and failure of labour agency when attempting to improve working conditions along GVCs. Our starting point is that the high complexity of GVCs and the absence of a global overarching authority have been balanced by the emergence of governance mechanisms of different forms and at different levels. An assessment of these mechanisms, which emphasize process over institutions, reveals how different types of interactions and interdependencies along GVCs impact on labour's use of power. We argue that, in order to fully situate labour agency within governance debates, any future research agenda needs to be driven by micro-level bottom-up approaches. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Global value chains nationallicence Labour agency nationallicence Governance mechanisms nationallicence Vertical and horizontal dynamics nationallicence Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 130/2(2015-08-01), 301-311 0167-4544 130:2<301 2015 130 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2222-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2222-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Niforou Christina Organisation, Work and Employment, Birmingham Business School, Edgbaston Park Road, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 130/2(2015-08-01), 301-311 0167-4544 130:2<301 2015 130 10551