Industrielle Beziehungen

Editorial

The operation of an enterprise is a social place in which the specific use of a worker takes place. Although in Germany, the working relationships are characterized by a complex network of legal and tariff standardizations which are bargained essentially in arenas other than the enterprise and are simultaneously given the operational adjustment by work, these standards become only within the framework of their operational conversion.

Betriebsspezifische Formen Der Mitarbeitervertretung - Welche Betriebe, Welche Personalpolitischen Wirkungen?**

This paper deals with institutionalized forms of employee participation not covered by the Works Constitution Act (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz). Using data of the IAB establishment panel we describe the coverage and quantitative development of such alternative means of representation. Following these facilities at the individual establishment level we find that they are considerably less stable than works councils. In multivariate analysis we identify those establishment characteristics that tr...

Kollektive Interessenregulierung in Der 'Betriebsratsfreien Zone'. Typische Formen 'Anderer Vertretungsorgane'**

In many private German companies, collective interest representation at plant-level is carried out through so-called 'alternative representation bodies'. This form of employee representation outside the legal system of Works Councils has been attracting attention in industrial relations research in recent years. Some empirical studies have focused on patterns of interest regulation in sectors of qualified labour and the 'New Economy'; other research has used survey methods to analyse the dist...

Betriebliche Gewerkschaftsvertreter Ohne Gewerkschaftsbindung? Das Paradox Der Zunehmend Gewerkschaftlich Organisierten Comités d'Entreprise in Frankreich**

The share of unionised representatives increased in the workplace elections for the French Comité d'entreprise at the beginning of the new century. A case study research conducted in mostly small and medium enterprises suggests that the increase in votes does not necessarily mean stronger union influence in French workplaces. The paper describes representative practices and union links in newly unionised Comités d'entreprise comparing them with historically organised and unorganised committee...

Weitere Empirische Einsichten Zum Thema: Betriebliche Interessenvertretung

Many empirical studies on the subject of workers with and without representation within their companies are presented.

International Komparatives Personalmanagement. Evidenz, Methodik & Klassiker Des 'Cranfield Projects On International Human Resource Management'

The book International komparatives Personalmanagement. Evidenz, Methodik & Klassiker des "Cranfield Projects on International Human Resource Management" by Rudiger Kabst, Angelo Giardini, and Marius C. Wehner is reviewed.

Institutional Change in a Varieties of Capitalism Context. How to Explain Shifts From Coordinated Market Economies Towards Liberal Market Economies in the 1990s. An Empirical Analysis of Cross-Country Data

The book Institutional Change in a Varieties of Capitalism Context. How to Explain Shifts from Coordinated Market Economies towards Liberal Market Economies in the 1990s. An Empirical Analysis of Cross-Country Data by Dana Liebmann is reviewed.

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Vorstandsvergütung Und Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung Der Unternehmung. Zur Berücksichtigung Der Gesellschaftlichen Funktion Großer Kapitalunternehmen in Vergütungssystemen Für Die Mitglieder von Vorständen

The book Vorstandsvergütung und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung der Unternehmung. Zur Berücksichtigung der gesellschaftlichen Funktion großer Kapitalunternehmen in Vergütungssystemen für die Mitglieder von Vorständen by Dudo von Eckardstein and Stefan Konlechner is reviewed.

Demographischer Wandel, Alternde Belegschaften Und Betriebsproduktivität

The book Demographischer Wandel, alternde Belegschaften und Betriebsproduktivität written by Stephan Veen is reviewed.