Industrielle Beziehungen

Ein Bund Fürs Überleben? Betriebliche Vereinbarungen Zur Beschäftigungs- Und Standortsicherung**

In the discussion on the German system of industrial relations, company-level pacts for employment and competitiveness are thought to be important instruments to gain more flexibility for the supposedly inflexible system of collective bargaining. Initially, company-level employment pacts were meant to help companies during a severe crisis. Meanwhile, these pacts are often used by firms to improve their competitiveness in general. This paper provides descriptive results on the incidence of com...

Die Betriebswirtschaftliche Logik von Outplacement-Leistungen. Theoretische Erklärungsansätze Und Ihre Plausibilität Im Lichte Vorliegender Empirischer Befunde**

In times of increasing employment uncertainty, the question of employability gains more and more importance. Among the many measures to enhance employee employability the provision of outplacement benefits play a prominent role. This paper takes a first step in systematically exploring the economic rationale of outplacement benefits by considering a number of theoretical approaches that may help to explain the provision of outplacement benefits: An accounting logic, a productivity oriented lo...

Mehr Atypische Beschäftigung Aus Theoretischer Sicht**

In this paper the increase in non-standard forms of employment (temporary work, fixed-term employment contracts, part-time work and marginal part-time work) is explained using a new theoretical approach. It is based upon transaction cost theory and takes a closer look at costs (and revenues) of employment relations: On the one hand, atypical forms of employment reduce labor costs and dismissal costs, but on the other, they increase transaction costs and those for training and skills. As a res...

Betriebsräte Und Beschäftigungswachstum: Spielt Die Spezifikation Der Betriebsgröße Eine Rolle Für Den Geschätzten Zusammenhang?**

Recent econometric studies show a neutral-to-positive effect of workplace co-determination on economic outcomes. In contract, a study by Addison and Teixeira (2006) obtains surprisingly pessimistic results: works councils have a negative effect on employment growth. Consequently, the present study investigates how far this effect is to be explained by the model's specification of employment size. It finds that works councils have a negative effect on employment growth only when employment siz...

Integrierte Soziologie - Perspektiven Zwischen Ökonomie Und Soziologie, Praxis Und Wissenschaft. Festschrift Zum 70. Geburtstag von Hansjörg Weitbrecht

"Soziologie - Perspektiven zwischen Ökonomie und Soziologie, Praxis und Wissenschaft," edited by Tobias Blank, Tanja Münch, Sita Schanne, and Christiane Staffhorst, is reviewed.

Arbeit Und Bürgerstatus. Studien Zur Sozialen Und Industriellen Demokratic

"Arbeit und Bürgerstatus. Studien zur sozialen und industriellen Demokratie," by Walther Müller-Jentsch, is reviewed.

Current Issues in International Human Resource Management and Strategy Research

"Current Issues in International Human Resource Management and Strategy Research," edited by Marion Testing and Susanne Royer, is reviewed.

Employee Participation and Organisational Culture. Special Issue of Zeitschrift Für Personalforschung 2/2008

"Employee Participation and Organisational Culture. Special Issue of Zeitschrift für Personalforschung," by Friedemann W. Nerdinger, is reviewed.

Erfolgsfaktor Beteiligungskultur. Ergebnisse Aus Dem Projekt Tim - Transfer Innovativer Unternehmensmilieus

"Erfolgsfaktor Beteiligungskultur. Ergebnisse aus dem Projekt TiM - Transfer innovativer Unternehmensmilieus," edited by Friedemann W. Verdinger and Peter Wilke, is reviewed.

Betriebliche Altersversorgung in Deutschland Und Großbritannien

"Betriebliche Altersversorgung in Deutschland und Großbritannien," by Martina Gieg, is reviewed.

Die Performance Deutscher Kinofilme Und Zeitgenössischer Darsteller Des Deutschen Films

"Ulrich Gregor Daamen: Die Performance deutscher Kinofilme und zeitgenössischer Darsteller des deutschen Films Organisationsökonomie humaner Dienstleistungen," edited by Dieter Sadowski and Bernd Frick, is reviewed.

Grundsicherung Im Alter Und Bei Erwerbsminderung: Eine Bilanz

"Grundsicherung im Alter und bei Erwerbsminderung: Eine Bilanz," by Jacob Steinwede, Bruno Kaltenborn, Petra Knerr and Stefan Schiel, is reviewed.