Models for comparison between Industrial Relations Systems in different countries: a discussion of the international literature

Abstract

Although the field of studies in Industrial Relations (IR) in Brazil was born along with the Brazilian Academy of Management itself, contributions regarding the models used to compare Industrial Relations Systems (IRSs) from different countries in Brazilian literature are still very rare. On the other hand, models to compare IRSs from different countries are quite present and can be considered traditional in the international literature produced in Europe, the USA, Australia and more recently in Asia. This work presents the trajectory of IRSs theories and the debate surrounding them, from the founders of this field in the USA and England to the VoC model – Varieties of Capitalism, a model that has been widely used internationally. Criticism of this VoC model, initially composed of two types, liberal and regulated, for being excessively focused on the most industrialized countries, generated other types within VoC, such as the Hierarchical Model of Capitalism (HME). This HME type is understood here as a possible starting model for the analysis of Latin American SRTs, including the Brazilian one, although this variant has also suffered criticism, which, in the understanding of this article, does not preclude its use.

Keywords

• variedades de capitalismo
• modelo hierárquico de capitalismo
• sistemas de relações de trabalho liberais
• sistemas de relações de trabalho reguladores
• sistemas de relações de trabalho híbridos