This paper examines the relationship between organization contextual variables and humanresource management (HRM) practices in small firms. The proposed model is based on anintegration of theoretical perspectives, including the resource-based approach, institutionaltheory, transaction cost...

The industrial relations system at Magna International is an example of an integrated, coherent, non-union human resource management strategy. It includes significant mechanisms of worker voice and conflict resolution as substitutes for union representation. Potential labour-management conflicts...

A growing number of econometric examinations show that works councils substantially shape the personnel policy of firms in Germany. Firms with works councils make greater use of various HRM practices. This gives rise to the question of whether employers view the shaping of personnel policy...

Using multilevel mixed effects ordered logistic models, this paper conducts an original investigation of the new management as a technology approach for all EU nations in a framework that explicitly recognizes worker representation while incorporating the notion of affective commitment. It is...

Using multilevel mixed effects ordered logistic models, this paper conducts an original investigation of the new management as a technology approach for all EU nations in a framework that explicitly recognizes worker representation while incorporating the notion of affective commitment. It is...

The paper addresses how corporate ownership influences and constrains managerial decision-making in industrial relations and HRM. The specific focus is stock-market listed companies, and the argument that the ownership of these firms tends to be associated with various labour management...

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of institutional development of employee participation in Europe and analyze European Works Councils (EWC) agreements in the pharmaceutical industry. Mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry increased the number of EWC...

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of institutional development of employee participation in Europe and analyze European Works Councils (EWC) agreements in the pharmaceutical industry. Mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry increased the number of EWC...

Bei den meisten Betriebswirten - von Personalverantwortlichen wird dies ohnehin nicht angezweifelt - gehoert es inzwischen zu einer "Binsenweisheit", dass sich innerhalb des Personals das mit Blick auf den Wettbewerb zwischen den Unternehmen noch am meisten imitationsgeschuetze Erfolgspotenzial...

Warum gelingt es in der betrieblichen Praxis vielfach nicht, die Kompetenzen von Mitarbeitern intensiver zu nutzen? Sind Mitarbeiter nicht bereit, ihre Kompetenzen staendig weiterzuentwickeln, oder sind die Unternehmen nicht in der Lage, die Prozesse des Organisationslernens zu gestalten? Zur...