An economic analysis of the communication skills in globalised industrial relations: social dialogue and the negotiation process in Turkey

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Yeşim Pınar Soykut-Sarıca
Aslı Şen-Taşbaşı

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The purpose of this paper is to provide an economic analysis of the social dialogue experience in Turkey with an emphasis on the role of communication in industrial relations. We ascertain social dialogue -and the related negotiation process- as a major communication form in industrial relations and attempt to find out whether it serves well to promote consensus building and democratic involvement among the main stakeholders in employment. We particularly question the success of the existing social dialogue structures and processes in Turkey in resolving economic and social issues through communication, advancing social and industrial peace, improving competitiveness through increased productivity and complying international commitments in employment.

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Soykut-Sarıca, Yeşim Pınar, and Aslı Şen-Taşbaşı. 2011. “An economic analysis of the communication skills in globalised industrial relations: social dialogue and the negotiation process in Turkey”. Vivat Academia. Journal of Communication, no. 114 (March):213-42. https://doi.org/10.15178/va.2011.114.213-242.
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Yeşim Pınar Soykut-Sarıca, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas. Universidad Isik. Estambul (Turquía)

Currently working as an Assistant Professor at Işık University, Department of Management. She received her BA degree from Işık University with a full scholarship and superior academic achievement. Upon completion of her B.A., she received a scholarship to pursue her Graduate Study from Isik University. She received her M.B.A degree in 2002 and her Ph.D in Contemporary Management in 2008 majoring in organization theory and industrial relations. She has teaching experience in several courses of management and she has several papers presented at national and international conferences. Her academic work concentrates on industrial and employment relations

Aslı Şen-Taşbaşı, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas. Universidad Isik. Estambul (Turquía)

is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Işık University, Department of Economics. She received her BA degree from Istanbul University, MA degree from Yıldız Technical University and her PhD from Marmara University. During her graduate education, she was granted as a Teaching and Research Assistant. She conducted her PhD dissertation research at Lund University (Sweden), Department of Economics with the financial support from TUBITAK. She has teaching experience in several courses of economics and recently teaching International Economics, Environmental Economics and Microeconomics. She has several papers presented at national and international conferences as well as publications focusing on international trade.

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