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Analysing Employment Practices in Western European Multinationals : Coordination, Industrial Relations and Employment Flexibility in Poland

Kahancova, Marta; Meer, Marc van der - 2008

Despite the fact that multinational companies (MNCs) in Central Eastern Europe significantly contribute to employment growth in the region, qualitative knowledge about diffusion of employment practices in this region, and about coordination of MNCs with local labour market actors and...

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HRM as a Substitute for Trade Unions in British Workplaces

Machin, Stephen J.; Wood, Stephen - 2004

The authors use British workplace data for 1980-98 to examine whether increased human resource management (HRM) practices coincided with union decline, consistent with the hypothesis that such practices act as a substitute for unionization. Two initial analyses show no important differences...

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Works Councils and Personnel Turnover

Dilger, Alexander - 2004

According to theoretical arguments and previous empirical studies, works councils reduce personnel turnover. This result is confirmed by an empirical examination of the NIFA-Panel containing information on the production area of German mechanical engineering plants. Futhermore the effects of the...

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Personnel adjustments during the Covid-19 pandemic : did co-determination make a difference?

Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Stegmaier, Jens - In: Journal for labour market research 58 (2024) 1, pp. 1-10

Using a unique dataset of establishments in Germany surveyed during the Covid-19 pandemic, this study investigates whether personnel adjustments during the crisis differed between establishments with and without a works council. Our regression analyses show that the hiring and dismissal rate as...

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The "good workplace" : the role of joint consultative committees, unions and HR policies in employee ratings of workplaces in Britain

Barry, Michael P.; Bryson, Alex; Gómez, Rafael; … - 2018

Using new, rich data on a representative sample of British workers, we examine the relationship between joint consultation systems at the workplace and employee satisfaction, accounting for possible interactions with union and management-led high-commitment strategies. We focus on non-union...

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Management practices, worker commitment, and workplace representation

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2020

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...

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Management practices, worker commitment, and workplace representation

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2020

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Abe Kobo's 'Woman in the Dunes' as a Metaphor for Human Relations Within Japanese Companies

Ito, Takuya - 2007

In this paper I discuss the internal relational dynamics of a Japanese company (kaisha) with reference to Abe Kobo's novel Suna no onna (The Woman in the Dunes) and I will suggest that the novel portrays the true nature of the kaisha. The outline of the novel is as follows. One day, while on an...

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The way to business competitiveness : the importance of diversity management and teamwork climate in stabilizing of employees

Jankelová, Nadežda; Joniaková, Zuzana; … - In: Journal of business economics and management 23 (2022) 3, pp. 606-625

significant research gap in the in-depth exploration of relationships and support mechanisms for diversity management. The … of diversity management and on its potential level of influence on the employee turnover in the company. It was applied … the correlation to evaluate connection r among criteria of three areas: best practices in diversity management, teamwork …

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Market Characteristics, Intra-Firm Coordination, andthe Choice of Human Resource Management Systems:Evidence from New Japanese Data

Kato, Takao; Owan, Hideo - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper explores theoretically and empirically potentially important yet often-neglectedlinkage between task coordination within the organization and the structure of organizationand bundling of HRMPs (Human Resource Management Practices). In so doing, we alsoprovide fresh insights on the...

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