Employees participation has been identified as a main criteria for a successful implementation of new production systems. However, participation on workplace level does not only requireappropriate formal structures. The initial thesis of this contribution is that it is not sufficient tojust give...

The project GLO.R.I. has been realised within the framework of the budget heading 04.03.03.03, according to the priority about to monitor, analyse and assess the experience regarding the establishment of transnational representative bodies at enterprise level and the extent to which the...

Corporate governance is not universal. Due to external and internalfactors, corporate governance can differ from country to country. In this paper theGerman corporate governance system, the typical example of a two-tier boardsystem, is presented. The major institutions of the German system and...

Worker participation is to be introduced by law in all major German enterprises in 1975 according to Federal Government plans. The new legislation which is to put the principle of the effective equality of labour and capital into practice has encountered fierce criticism, among employers in...