Search Results - subject:"worker representation"

The effectiveness of codetermination laws in cooperative and adversarial employment relations : when does regulation have bite?

Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Mohrenweiser, Jens; Pull, Kerstin - In: Economic and industrial democracy : EID ; an … 36 (2015) 2, pp. 215-238

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The Performance Effects of Unions. Codetermination, and Employee Involvement: Comparing the United States and Germany (With an Addendum on the United Kingdom)

Addison, John T. - Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library - 2008

representation (in unions and works councils) and innovative work practices on firm performance. The interaction between worker …Drawing on evidence from the United States and Germany, this paper offers a survey of the effects of worker … representation and high performance work practices provides a practical means of peering inside the black box of the collective voice …

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Employee Perceptions of Working Conditions and the Desire for Worker Representation in Britain and the US

Bryson, Alex; Freeman, Richard - In: Journal of Labor Research 34 (2013) 1, pp. 1-29

This paper explores the link between employee perceptions of working conditions and the desire for worker … representation in Britain and the US. We find that the distribution of employee perceptions of poor working conditions is similar in …

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The determinants of firm performance: unions, works councils, and employee involvement/high performance work practices

Addison, John T. - 2005

between these two historically separate literatures. The interaction between worker representation and high performance work …Drawing on evidence from the United States and Germany, this paper offers a survey of the effects of worker … representation (in unions and works councils) and innovative work practices on firm performance. The focus is on the growing links …

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The Determinants of Firm Performance: Unions, Works Councils, and Employee Involvement/High Performance Work Practices

Addison, John T. - Grupo de Estudos Monetários e Financeiros (GEMF), … - 2005

Drawing on international evidence, this paper offers a survey of the effects of worker representation (in unions and … historically separate literatures. The interaction between worker representation and high performance work practices provides a …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670367

The Demise of a Model? The State of Collective Bargaining and Worker Representation in Germany

Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - Grupo de Estudos Monetários e Financeiros (GEMF), … - 2011

This paper investigates trends in collective bargaining and worker representation in the German private sector from …

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Development through global value chains and the achievement of decent work : challenges to work and representational processes

Pegler, Lee - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

The co-ordination of global production and trade within value chains has amplified debates concerning the impact of globalisation on labour, especially for developing countries. Whilst many development agencies argue for value chain insertion and upgrading as optimistic development pathways,...

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A New Approach to Resolving the Right-to-work Ethical Dilemma

Lam, Helen; Harcourt, Mark - In: Journal of Business Ethics 73 (2007) 3, pp. 231-243

Union security has long been an industrial relations controversy. While compulsory unionism supporters say it benefits the working class, right-to-work advocates denounce it as an unethical infringement of individual rights and freedom. Unfortunately, neither side has adequately addressed the...

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The Determinants of Firm Performance: Unions, Works Councils, and Employee Involvement/High Performance Work Practices

Addison, John T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763621

Worker Representation -- An Informal Overview

Ulman, Lloyd - Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), … - 1990

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