Co‐operation in the employment relationship continues to be a widely lauded goal, but academics, practitioners and policy makers rarely define the concept or analyse systematically its variants. This is problematic because a lack of clarity is a significant barrier to academic discourse and practical implementation in many organizations and countries. This article therefore carefully develops a framework that results in six key perspectives on co‐operation rooted in five assumptions. In addition to fostering a deeper understanding of co‐operation, these six perspectives can be used to theorize alternative employment relations paradigms when co‐operation rather than conflict is viewed as the central construct. Moreover, a dynamic analysis of these six perspectives adds new insights to understanding the challenges of achieving and sustaining truly co‐operative regimes, while also highlighting the need to go beyond structures and practices by incorporating the role of ideas in analyses of the success or failure of co‐operative efforts.

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雇佣关系中合作的多种含义及其启示

雇佣关系中的合作仍然是一个广受赞誉的目标，但学术界、实践者和政策制定者很少定义这个概念或系统地分析它的变体。这是有问题的，因为缺乏清晰度是许多组织和国家学术讨论和实际实施的重大障碍。因此，本文精心开发了一个框架，该框架产生了基于五个假设的六个关于合作的关键观点。除了促进对合作的更深入理解之外，当合作而不是冲突被视为核心结构时，这六个视角可用于对替代性雇佣关系范式进行理论化。而且，