codetermination
nounEtymology From co- + determination.
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Cooperation between management and workers in making policy.
- The goal of codetermination or Mitbestimmung is the resolution of conflict through dialogue rather than force. German codetermination seeks to guarantee employment involvement in the regulation of working conditions as well as in economic planning and decision making.2009, John T. Addison, The Economics of Codetermination: Lessons from the German Experience, Palgrave, →ISBN, page 135: