Since the beginning of the transformation in Poland, trade unions have experienced nearly two decades of declining membership numbers and influence. This article shows that not only the restructuring of the economy but also the trade union policies and organizational forms themselves contributed...

The eastern enlargement of the European Union has prompted heated debates about social dumping related to labour standards and industrial relations. Capital mobility is seen as a crucial social dumping mechanism. The article uses time-series-cross-section data for the years 1999–2008 to...

Anhand eines Vergleichs von russischen und chinesischen Automobilwerken untersucht das Buch, wie betriebliche Sozialordnungen in autoritären Gesellschaften funktionieren und wie die Legitimität der betrieblichen Regeln gesichert wird.Untersucht werden Mechanismen der Sozialisation der...

The book provides a comparative study of employment relations and personnel management in Russia and China. The book compares the experiences of multinational and domestic automobile companies. It links the analysis at the micro-level (workplace) and at the micro-level of labor regulation and...