Industrielle Beziehungen

Arbeitsregulation in Projektnetzwerken. Eine Strukturationstheoretische Analyse**

Project-based industries receive more and more attention today. However, we know very little about labor regulation in these industries. Are traditional methods of employment regulation still relevant in these industries or do they display non-traditional forms of employment regulation? We examine these questions using, as an example, the German television production industry with its special form of inter-firm network, the project network,. We show that forms of collective employment regulat...

Von Bosman Zur Kollektivvereinbarung? Die Regulierung Des Arbeitsmarktes Für Profifußballer**

Because of the scarcity of prime athletic talent, the labor market for professional players is characterized by strong competition on the demand side. This peculiarity of the players' market caused the rise of American players' unions. The adviser of the international union for football players, Braham Dabscheck, has recently predicted that labor relations in European professional football after the liberalization of the player's market would turn towards the American model of comprehensive c...

Why Are Wages Upward Sloping with Tenure?

"Why are wages upward sloping with tenure? Organisationsökonomie humaner Dienstleistungen," by Joachim Prinz, is reviewed.

Unternehmensmitbestimmung Unter Beschuss. Die Mitbestimmungsdebatte Im Licht Der Sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung**

By summarizing and further developing the state of empirical research on supervisory board codetermination, this article contributes to the recent debate over the future of codetermination. Company level Codetermination is widespread among EU countries. Neither company comparisons nor country data confirm that codetermination decreases profitability or share prices. The paper shows that changes on the capital side of supervisory boards lead to decreasing supervision over companies. Furthermor...

Betriebliche Personalpolitik Im Technologischen Und Organisatorischen Innovationsprozess

"Betriebliche Personalpolitik im technologischen und organisatorischen Innovationsprozess Beiträge zur Personal- und Organisationsökonomik," by Michael Beckman, is reviewed.

Unternehmenskultur Und Personalführung Im Betrieblichen Alltag. Begriffliche Zusammenhänge Und Empirische Erkenntnisse

"Unternehmenskultur und Personalführung im betrieblichen Alltag. Begriffliche Zusammenhänge und empirische Erkenntnisse," by Jürgen Prott, is reviewed.

Neuheiten

Insider Und Outsider

"Insider und Outsider," edited by Hans Georg Zillian, is reviewed.

Performance-Controlling Professioneller Dienstleistungen

"Performance-Controlling professioneller Dienstleistungen Organisationsökonomie humaner Dienstleistungen," by Martin Schneider, is reviewed.

Chemische Industrie. Neuorientierung, Innovationskraft Und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit

"Chemische Industrie. Neuorientierung, Innovationskraft und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Arbeit und Technik," by Dieter Rehfeld, Harald Legier, Ulrich Schmach, Olaf Krawcsyk, Jürgen Nordhause-Janz and Fikret Öz, is reviewed.

Der Transfer von Managementpraktiken Und -Techniken Aus Deutschland in Die Usa Und Nach Japan

"Der Transfer von Managementpraktiken und -techniken aus Deutschland in die USA und nach Japan," by Christoph Müller, is reviewed.

Tagungsbericht

The Future of Work in Europe: Market and Economic and Social Cohesion. The 7th Iira European Congress, 7-11 September 2004, Lisbon, Portugal

Europe was marked in 2004 by two distinct developments. Firstly, the European Union (EU) was enlarged through the incorporation of a group of ten central, eastern and southern European states, thus giving the EU a new trajectory the direction and end of which is yet to be determined. secondly, the EU states which welcomed the new members still retained significant differences in their political drive towards European harmonization; the United Kingdom and Sweden, for example, were still outsid...

Forschungsnotiz

Zwischen Engagement Und Innerer Kündigung - Arbeitsemotionen Im Prozess Fortschreitenden Personalabbaus**

This article presents preliminary results of an empirical research project promoted by the "Hans-Böckler-Foundation". The project compares the impact of continuous downsizing processes on emotions in the workplace and psychological contracts in three German companies in different industries, with different growth and co-determination structures. Downsizing, whether by compulsory or by voluntary redundancies based on compensation or early retirement causes psychic burdens and stress. Neverthel...