Die Corona-Krise hat die sozialen Probleme in Europa schonungslos offengelegt und deutlich gemacht, wie unverzichtbar eine Stärkung der sozialen Dimension der EU ist. Der Report zeigt auf, welche Schritte dafür notwendig sind. Ziel ist eine Stärkung der Säulen des Europäischen...

Leistungsverdichtung und Arbeitsintensivierung zählen gegenwärtig zu den größten arbeitspolitischen Herausforderungen. Mittlerweile ist das Bewusstsein in Politik und Öffentlichkeit dahingehend geschärft, dass wachsender Leistungsdruck und eine übermäßige Entgrenzung von Arbeit enorme...

This volume offers a bold restatement of the importance of social history for understanding modern revolutions. The essays collected in Worlds of Labour Turned Upside Down provide global case studies examining: - changes in labour relations as a causal factor in revolutions; - challenges to...

Generating decent employment is key to the creation of a new social contract and social cohesion in Sub-Saharan Africa. The crucial question is, thus, how can more decent jobs be created? Much of the extant research has focused on the role of states and businesses in shaping employment...

This Handbook presents profiles of European Employers` Organisations (EEOs). The profiles provide general information on each organisation and detail how EEOs represent their member interests in the areas of employment relations, work, labour, and social policy in the European Union. This...

Purpose - This study aims to integrate social identity and leader-member exchange (LMX) theory to investigate the processes and boundary conditions around LMX-performance relationships. Through the application of two leader–follower subsamples, the authors test three main objectives. What is...

Wie kann die Integration von Geflüchteten in die Arbeitswelt gelingen? Werner Schmidt beschäftigt sich ausführlich mit dieser vielgestaltigen Frage und gibt durchzahlreiche Interviews mit betrieblichen Akteuren, Beschäftigten und Geflüchteten direkte Einblicke in alltägliche Chancen und...

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...

Relying on the data provided by an ESG rating agency, this paper aims at bringing more understanding on the diversity of firms' behaviours in terms of labour related CSR and filling a gap on the potential role of labour market institutions, including workers' collective rights, to contribute to...

Using a large employer-employee dataset, we provide new evidence on the relationship between the gender pay gap and industrial relations from within German workplaces. Controlling for unobserved workplace heterogeneity, we find no evidence that introducing or abandoning collective agreements or...

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...

Wie sieht es mit der Mitbestimmung in ausländischen Unternehmen in Deutschland aus? Auf der Basis einer repräsentativen Umfrage sowohl des lokalen Managements als auch der Betriebsräte zeigt diese Studie, dass die Betriebsräte die Situation zwar deutlich kritischer sehen, grundsätzlich aber...

Unternehmen stehen im Zeichen von Wandel und Krisen wie der Corona Pandemie unter mas-sivem Handlungs- und Veränderungsdruck. Wirtschaftsskandale wie die Insolvenz von Wirecard - immerhin einem DAX Unternehmen - sorgen für zusätzlichen gesellschaftlichen Druck. Zugleich schafft die...

The fact that multinational companies operate (MNCs) in more than one country can be expected to lead to a weaker bargaining position for labour. However, there are hopes that these companies may, under certain circumstances, transfer good employment practices from their home countries. This...

Die psychische Gesundheit der Beschäftigten gilt als ein entscheidender Faktor für den Unternehmenserfolg. Arbeitsbedingungen und Arbeitsbeziehungen können dabei als Ressourcen oder als Stressoren wirken. Doch gerade diese verändern sich im Kontext moderner Arbeitsformen. Mobile und flexible...

We employ a novel approach for analyzing the effects of relative consumption and relative wealth preferences on both the decentralized and the socially optimal economic growth rates. In the pertinent literature these effects are usually assessed by examining the dependence of the growth rates on...

Using a large employer-employee dataset, we provide new evidence on the relationship between the gender pay gap and industrial relations from within German workplaces. Controlling for unobserved workplace heterogeneity, we find no evidence that introducing or abandoning collective agreements or...

Die Corona-Ausbrüche in einigen großen deutschen Fleischbetrieben haben die seit Langem bekannten Missstände in der Branche wieder in den Fokus des öffentlichen Interesses gerückt. Mit dem nun vorgelegten Arbeitsschutzkontrollgesetz und dem darin vorgesehenen Verbot von Werkverträgen und...

Im Bereich der häuslichen Betreuung älterer Menschen haben sich in den vergangenen Jahren verschiedene Beschäftigungsmodelle etabliert, die sich teilweise in einer rechtlichen Grauzone bewegen. Dies bietet Raum für Ausbeutung und betrifft häufig osteuropäische Frauen, die ganz überwiegend...

Die Automobilbranche in Deutschland ist seit Jahrzehnten etabliert. Neue Anbieter spielten seit dem Markteintritt von Volkswagen nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg kaum eine Rolle. Dies wird gegenwärtig anders. Nicht nur Tesla baut in Brandenburg eine neue Fabrik für bis zu 2 Millionen Fahrzeuge...

This study explores the relationship between trust and establishment performance. The outcome indicators are management's assessment of the economic or financial situation of the workplace and its relative labor productivity. Trust is initially measured using the individual survey respondent's...

This paper explores how a relational contract establishes a norm of reciprocity and how such a norm shapes the provision of informal incentives. Developing a model of a long-term employment relationship, I show that generous upfront wages that activate the norm of reciprocity are more important...

The paper studies the labor share among countries of the European Union, with a particular attention to newer member states of Central and Eastern Europe (CEEU). After discussing methodological issues in the computation of the labor share, we present various stylized facts at the country level,...

Using subjective information provided by manager respondents on the stance taken by the works council in company decision making, this paper investigates the association between a measure of works council dissonance or disaffection and plant closings in Germany, 2006-2015. The potential effects...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) implies the responsibility of companies for sustainable management in economic, ecological and social terms. The majority of CSR works in science and research were written primarily with the focus on ethics (moral vs. market economy), bearer of...

The world of work is in constant change. Demographic shifts, technological innovation, institutional reforms and global economic integration affect the way people work. Technological innovations have a major impact on occupations and industries, changing the ways economies in different world...

Effective organizations are able not only to coordinate their members on efficient strategies but also to adapt members' strategies to unforeseen change in an efficient manner. We explore whether part of organizational culture - namely, relational contracts that facilitate both coordination and...

Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel in Germany and estimating a panel probit model with fixed effects, this paper finds a negative relationship between the existence of owner-management in an establishment and the probabilities of having a works council or a collective...

Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel in Germany and estimating a panel probit model with fixed effects, this paper finds a negative relationship between the existence of owner-management in an establishment and the probabilities of having a works council or a collective...

This paper explores the optimal provision of dynamic incentives for employees with reciprocal preferences. Building on the presumption that a relational contract can establish a norm of reciprocity, I show that generous upfront wages that activate an employee’s reciprocal preferences are more...

Among the steps to improve a country's competitiveness, several commentators and international institutions include a general emphasis on deregulation and decentralization of industrial relations. In this paper, we contribute to this debate by studying whether and how firm-level unionism and...

Individualisation and precarisation as two broad trends in contemporary industrialised societies are related to one another and to certain developments in the German trade union landscape. With a focus on a reunified Germany from the nineties onwards, in this paper the impact of...

Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel in Germany and estimating a panel probit model with fixed effects, this paper finds a negative relationship between the existence of owner-management in an establishment and the probabilities of having a works council or a collective...

Many governments extend the coverage of collective agreements to workers and employ- ers that were not involved in their bargaining. These extensions may address coordination issues but may also distort competition by imposing sector-specific minimum wages and other work conditions that are not...