TY - JOUR

T1 - Playing alone?

T2 - Interest representation in the videogame industry in Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands

AU - Dorigatti, Lisa

AU - Been, Wike M.

AU - Burroni, Luigi

AU - Keune, Maarten

AU - Larsen, Trine P.

AU - Mailand, Mikkel

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - This article presents a comparison of interest representation in the videogame industry in Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands. While traditional industrial relations actors play a minor role, interest representation is far from absent in this creative industry. Interest representation is, however, dominated by other actors that often cut across the employer–employee divide. This article argues that the specific features of interest representation in the videogame industry can be explained by the characteristics of employment in the sector. The presence of fluid labour markets, the strong importance of intrinsic motivation in workers’ attitudes to work, and the presence of groups of workers willing to pursue individual strategies, contribute to distance the industry from the collective identities of traditional industrial relations actors and to strengthen the appeal to occupational identities developed by professional organizations, trade associations and informal communities.

AB - This article presents a comparison of interest representation in the videogame industry in Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands. While traditional industrial relations actors play a minor role, interest representation is far from absent in this creative industry. Interest representation is, however, dominated by other actors that often cut across the employer–employee divide. This article argues that the specific features of interest representation in the videogame industry can be explained by the characteristics of employment in the sector. The presence of fluid labour markets, the strong importance of intrinsic motivation in workers’ attitudes to work, and the presence of groups of workers willing to pursue individual strategies, contribute to distance the industry from the collective identities of traditional industrial relations actors and to strengthen the appeal to occupational identities developed by professional organizations, trade associations and informal communities.

KW - Creative industries

KW - informal communities

KW - interest representation

KW - professional organizations

KW - trade associations

KW - videogame industry

KW - Creative industries

KW - informal communities

KW - interest representation

KW - professional organiztions

KW - trade associations

KW - videogame industry

U2 - 10.1177/0143831X221129651

DO - 10.1177/0143831X221129651

M3 - Journal article

VL - 44

SP - 1266

EP - 1288

JO - Economic and Industrial Democracy

JF - Economic and Industrial Democracy

SN - 0143-831X

IS - 4

ER -