During the early post-war period, Western trade-union movements grew in membership and
achieved an institutionalized role in industrial relations and politics. However, during the last …

Das Buch vermittelt einen Überblick über die vielfältigen mikroökonomischen Ansätze
(Humankapitaltheorie, Suchtheorie, Gewerkschaftstheorien, Effizienzlohntheorien, Insider …

The Organisation of Employment explores the diversity in the organisation of employment
among advanced industrial societies. It focuses on the implications of distinctive …

Italy and Germany have similar geographical differences in firm productivity—with the North
more productive than the South in Italy and the West more productive than the East in …

Can the recent decline in union density in Europe be attributed to specific economic, social
or institutional causes? Can unions influence these causes and reverse decline? Using two …

The purpose of the present study is to unravel the relationship between current forms and
realities of social dialogue in the workplace, the industrial relations climate, HRM, and …

In recent years, a fundamental basis of union strength, membership desity, has diverged
dramatically across Europe. While most countries have witnessed stagnation or decline in …

The Netherlands and Belgium exemplified the pathology of'welfare without work'that
characterized continental welfare states-until a political crisis in both countries produced a …

Neben der Europäisierung/Globalisierung ist die Wiedervereinigung die zweite große
Herausforderung für das deutsche Modell industrieller Beziehungen. Diese Arbeit befasst …

Although long‐term processes of welfare state development have been investigated
frequently, there is a surprising gap in knowledge on short‐term reactions of states to …