The article analyses industrial relations change in the six largest EU countries since 1992 in
relation to increased internationalization pressures. Based on qualitative and quantitative …

The authors examine management whipsawing practices in the European auto industry
based on more than 200 interviews and a comparison of three automakers. They identify …

This paper analyzes the uneven processes underpinning industrial relations policy
liberalization in New Zealand, Australia, the UK, and Ireland. Drawing upon 140 elite …

Motivated by the efforts to understand shifting dynamics of change and stability in
employment relations—not least ones brought on by a decade of crisis in what was a …

This article compares how the United States and Germany deregulated labor markets
between the 1980s and 2010s in response to the rise of neoliberalism. Building on literature …

This article examines union strategies towards the twin digital and green transitions,
comparing the German and Belgian automotive industries. The drive towards net-zero and …

By returning to an old insight that frames of reference influence action, we theorize that
actors' frames influence their desired HR practices, and these practices will be stable if …

This chapter explores four variants of institutionalism and what they can tell us about the
nature and evolution of employment relations. Rational choice institutionalism's strength in …

Scholars have intensely debated the conditions under which trade unions can successfully
mobilize professionals. We explore an internationally comparative perspective on mobilizing …

Institutionalist explanations of the high non‐standard employment rate in the Spanish labour
market have pointed to the relevance of flexibilization at the margin, that is, the deregulation …