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Councils of contentment : works councils and income perceptions

Goerke, Laszlo; Hartmann, Sven Alfred; Huang, Yue - 2026

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we provide a comprehensive investigation of the relationship between workplace co-determination in the form of works councils and income satisfaction. Controlling for a wide range of individual, job-related, and firm-level characteristics in OLS...

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Political spillovers of worker representation : with or without workplace democracy?

Jirjahn, Uwe - 2025

A series of studies show that unions and works councils have an influence on workers' political activities and attitudes. However, at issue are the transmission channels through which worker representation impacts workers' political activities and attitudes. This article discusses from a...

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Political spillovers of worker representation : with or without workplace democracy?

Jirjahn, Uwe - 2025

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Political spillovers of worker representation: with or without workplace democracy?

Jirjahn, Uwe - 2025

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Organized labor versus robots? : evidence from microdata

Findeisen, Sebastian; Dauth, Wolfgang; Schlenker, Oliver - 2025

New technologies drive productivity growth, yet the distribution of gains may be unequal. We study how labor market institutions – specifically shop-floor worker representation – mediate the impact of automation. Combining German individual-level administrative records with plant-level data...

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Organized labor versus robots? : evidence from micro data

Findeisen, Sebastian; Dauth, Wolfgang; Schlenker, Oliver - 2024

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Organized labor versus robots? : evidence from micro data

Findeisen, Sebastian; Dauth, Wolfgang; Schlenker, Oliver - 2024

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German and Dutch works councils : a trust theory of legal employee voice

Berg, Annette van den; Grift, Yolanda K.; … - 2025

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Personalräte : Strategien, Arbeitsweise und Selbstverständnis von Personalvertretungen im öffentlichen Dienst

Schmidt, Werner; Müller, Andrea - 2025

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Possible approaches for European works councils to digitalization processes : making better use of information and consultation rights

West, Klaus W.; Hilpert, Ulrich; Sandulli, Francesco - 2025

The working paper uses the example of digitalization to showcase how European Works Councils can further develop their participation practices in companies and their various locations. There is both room and need for improvement in organizing decent digital work and in the use of information and...

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Do firms with works councils prefer agreeable job applicants? : a discrete choice experiment

Pfeifer, Harald; Wehner, Caroline; Grip, Andries de; … - 2025

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Opening the black box of works council-management team interaction : Germany and the Netherlands compared

Berg, Annette van den; Grift, Yolanda K.; … - 2025

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Current trends of German codetermination by works councils : on path dependencies, erosion and innovation

Haipeter, Thomas - 2025

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Mitbestimmung wirkt : warum die Zusammensetzung von Betriebsräten entscheidend ist

Budde, Julian; Dohmen, Thomas; Jäger, Simon; Trenkle, Simon - 2025

In Deutschland haben immer weniger Unternehmen einen Betriebsrat. In den vergangenen 30 Jahren ist der Anteil der Beschäftigten mit Arbeitnehmervertretung um mehr als zehn Prozentpunkte zurückgegangen. 2024 wurde nur noch jeder Dritte Beschäftigte in der Privatwirtschaft durch einen...

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Mitbestimmung : Zusammenarbeit mit dem Betriebsrat aus Sicht von Betrieben und Beschäftigten

Berger, Viktoria; Stadler, Justus; Wolter, Stefanie - 2025

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Verbreitung von Betriebsräten und der Wunsch nach Interessenvertretung : eine Analyse auf Basis der IW-Beschäftigtenbefragung 2024

Stettes, Oliver - 2025 - Stand: Januar 2025

Betriebsräte sind nur noch in 7 Prozent der Betriebe anzutreffen. Der Verbreitungsgrad ist im langfristigen Trend deutlich gesunken. Dies ist jedoch nicht mit fehlenden angemessenen Partizipationsmöglichkeiten gleichzusetzen. Vielerorts existieren alternative Formen der Interessenvertretung...

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Die sozial-ökologische transformation aktiv gestalten: Die Rolle der betrieblichen Mitbestimmungsakteure in der sozial-ökologischen Transformation von Mobilitätsunternehmen

Otto, Klaus-Stephan; Papendieck, Luise; Abel, Anika; … - 2024

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The European Company : milestone or small step towards transnational employment relations in the European Union?

Keller, Berndt; Rosenbohm, Sophie - 2024

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Bedeutung von Betriebsräten in Start-up-Unternehmen

Eichhorst, Werner; Füner, Lena; Gottschalk, Sandra; … - 2024

Bislang fehlen empirische Daten zur Existenz von Betriebsräten in Start-up-Unternehmen in Deutschland. Die vorliegende Kurzexpertise adressiert diese Datenlücke und nimmt erstmals eine Bestandsaufnahme zur Verbreitung von Betriebsräten in Start-up-Unternehmen in Deutschland vor. Zu diesem...

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Bedeutung von Betriebsräten in Start-up-Unternehmen

Eichhorst, Werner; Füner, Lena; Gottschalk, Sandra; … - 2024

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The demise of works councils in Germany

Kohaut, Susanne; Schnabel, Claus - 2024

This paper documents and analyses the demise of works councils in Germany in the period 2007-2022. Using representative panel data, we show that the share of plants with a works council has fallen substantially in the private sector but not in the public sector. Almost two-thirds of workers in...

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The demise of works councils in Germany

Kohaut, Susanne; Schnabel, Claus - 2024

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Worker representatives

Budde, Julian; Dohmen, Thomas; Jäger, Simon; Trenkle, Simon - 2024

We study the descriptive and substantive representation of workers through worker representatives, focusing on the selection of German works council representatives and their impact on worker outcomes. Becoming a professional representative leads to substantial wage gains for the elected,...

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Worker representatives

Budde, Julian; Dohmen, Thomas; Jäger, Simon; Trenkle, Simon - 2024

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Worker representatives

Budde, Julian; Dohmen, Thomas; Jäger, Simon; Trenkle, Simon - 2024

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Worker Representatives

Budde, Julian; Dohmen, Thomas; Jäger, Simon; Trenkle, Simon - 2024

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Inter-union solidarity and strategic group identity : insights from works councils in the French car industry

Reaney, Ruth; Cullinane, Niall - 2024

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Organisational justice, employee representation, and firm performance

Mohrenweiser, Jens; Pfeifer, Christian - 2024

Empirical studies find that firms with employee representation have a higher productivity than firms without employee representation. The exact mechanisms for this consistent finding remain unclear, however. A frequent theoretical argument postulates that employee representation provides a...

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Corporate globalization and worker representation

Jirjahn, Uwe - 2024

This chapter reviews research on the linkages between corporate globalization and worker representation. Studies have identified various transmission channels through which the activities of foreign multinational companies (MNCs) affect host-country institutions of union and non-union...

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Corporate globalization and worker representation

Jirjahn, Uwe - 2024

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Corporate globalization and worker representation

Jirjahn, Uwe - 2024

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The use of performance appraisals and employees' presenteeism behavior

Grund, Christian; Nießen, Anna - 2024

Presenteeism behavior, i.e. working despite illness, is a common phenomenon wordwide and can have severe consequences for employees and firms alike. In this study, we investigate the relation between the use of company performance appraisals and employees' presenteeism behavior. We use...

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Works councils and apprenticeship training : heterogeneous works councils, heterogeneous effects?

Weis, Kathrin; Mühlemann, Samuel; Pfeifer, Harald - 2024

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Works councils and workers' party preferences in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Thi Xuan Thu Le - 2024

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Works councils and workers' party preferences in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Thi Xuan Thu Le - 2023

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Works councils and workers' party preferences in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Thi Xuan Thu Le - 2023

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Works councils and workers' party preferences in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Thi Xuan Thu Le - 2023

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Works Councils and Workers' Party Preferences in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Le, Thi - 2023

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Does employee representation foster workplace democracy?

Jirjahn, Uwe; Kiess, Johannes - 2024

From a theoretical viewpoint it is not clear whether or not works councils contribute to workplace democracy. This study is the first to provide systematic evidence that employees in establishments with a works council experience more democracy at work than the ones in establishments without a...

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Zähne für den Tiger? : die Revision der Europäischen Betriebsräterichtlinie und ihre Bedeutung für Betriebsräte aus Deutschland

Janssen, Thilo; Leuchters, Maxi - 2024

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Study exploring issues and possible solutions in relation to the Recast Directive 2009/38/EC on European Works Council : final report

2024

The objective of this study is to support the Commission in the preparation of an Impact Assessment (IA) to explore the issues and possible solutions concerning the Recast Directive 2009/38/EC on European Works Councils (EWCs).

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

Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Stegmaier, Jens - 2024

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

Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Stegmaier, Jens - 2021

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

Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Stegmaier, Jens - 2021

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

Fackler, Daniel; Schnabel, Claus; Stegmaier, Jens - 2021

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Die AFD und das kollektive Arbeitsrecht

Barthel, Michael - 2024

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Works councils as gatekeepers : codetermination, management practices, and job satisfaction

Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk; Titz, Krystina - 2024

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Strategic co-determination in the ecological and digital transformation : are new institutions of economic democracy transcending the dual system of German industrial relations?

Gnisa, Felix; Frey, Philipp - 2024

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Management practices and productivity : does employee representation play a moderating role?

Jirjahn, Uwe; Laible, Marie-Christine; Mohrenweiser, Jens - 2024

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Political spillovers of workplace democracy in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Thi Xuan Thu Le - 2024

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Political spillovers of workplace democracy in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Thi Xuan Thu Le - 2022

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Political spillovers of workplace democracy in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Thi Xuan Thu Le - 2022

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Political spillovers of workplace democracy in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Thi Xuan Thu Le - 2022

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Die sozial-ökologische transformation aktiv gestalten : die Rolle der betrieblichen Mitbestimmungsakteure in der sozial-ökologischen Transformation von Mobilitätsunternehmen

Otto, Klaus-Stephan; Papendieck, Luise; Abel, Anika; … - 2024

Die Mitbestimmungsakteure in vier Mobilitätsunternehmen wurden bei der Umsetzung der sozial-ökologischen Transformation begleitet. Daraus entstanden zahlreiche Empfehlungen und Instrumente für die Praxis des Transformationsprozesses: Wie und inwieweit sollten die Rollen in der Mitbestimmung...

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Employee participation at company level : institutions, articulation and challenges

Haipeter, Thomas; Rosenbohm, Sophie; Telljohann, Volker - 2024

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Frauen in der Geschichte der Mitbestimmung : Pionierinnen in Betriebsräten, Gewerkschaften und Politik

Fuhrmann, Uwe - 2024

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Unions and temporary workers' wages in Spain : testing solidarity in the good times and in the bad times

Canzio, Leandro Iván - 2024

The labour market dualisation theory claims that labour unions bargain against the interests of temporary workers and that they foster inequalities between temporary and permanent employees. Conversely, the industrial relations literature argues that unions commonly follow solidaristic...

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Interessenvertretung unter Remote-Bedingungen: Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze

Kötter, Julius; Schaffarczik, Sandra; Daus, Jan-Torge; … - 2023

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Works councils as gatekeepers : codetermination, monitoring practices, and job satisfaction

Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk; Titz, Krystina - 2023

This paper analyzes the role of works councils as gatekeepers safeguarding employee's interests in the adoption of monitoring practices. We first introduce a formal model predicting that (i) the introduction of monitoring practices leads to a stronger increase (or weaker decrease) in job...

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Works Councils as Gatekeepers : Codetermination, Monitoring Practices, and Job Satisfaction

Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk; Titz, Krystina - 2023

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Minimum wage non-compliance : the role of co-determination

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2023

We analyse in what way co-determination affects non-compliance with the German minimum wage, which was introduced in 2015. The Works Constitution Act (WCA), the law regulating co-determination at the plant level, provides works councils with indirect means to ensure compliance with the statutory...

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Minimum wage non-compliance : the role of co-determination

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2023

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Minimum wage non-compliance : the role of co-determination

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2023

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Minimum wage non-compliance : the role of co-determination

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2023

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Delivering the goods? : German industrial relations institutions during the COVID-19 crisis

Behrens, Martin; Pekarek, Andreas - 2023

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The relationship between works councils and firms' further training provision in times of technological change

Lammers, Alexander; Lukowski, Felix; Weis, Kathrin - 2023

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Betriebliche Weiterbildung als Handlungsfeld der Betriebsräte in Zeiten der Transformation : eine Analyse der WSI -Betriebs- und Personalrätebefragung

Erol, Şerife; Ahlers, Elke - 2023

Der Qualifizierung von Beschäftigten kommt angesichts eines tiefgreifenden industriellen Strukturwandels, in dem viele Arbeitsplätze mit "alten" Qualifikationen wegfallen, während in anderen Bereichen neue Stellen mit neuen Anforderungen entstehen, erhebliche Bedeutung zu. Viele Beschäftigte...

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Kompetenzentwicklung von Mitgliedern in Betriebsratsgremien als Träger*innen betrieblicher Transformationsprozesse

Krause, Friederike; Jacobs, Anne; Meyer, Rita; … - 2023

Die Study fokussiert die Herausforderungen betrieblicher Interessenvertreter*innen angesichts des beschleunigten Wandels von Arbeit. Gesellschaftliche Transformationsprozesse (u. a. Globalisierung, demografischer Wandel) und technische Innovationen generieren weitreichende Entwicklungsund...

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Can worker codetermination stabilize democracies? : works councils and satisfaction with democracy in Germany

Pfeifer, Christian - 2023 - Date of this version: 11.5.2023

Many citizens are relatively dissatisfied with the democratic regimes they live in, which can be a threat to political stability. This paper reports empirical evidence that workers in firms with works councils are on average significantly more satisfied with the democracy as it exists in Germany...

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Organised labour, labour market imperfections, and employer wage premia

Dobbelaere, Sabien; Hirsch, Boris; Müller, Steffen; … - 2023 - This version: 13.11.2023

This paper examines how collective bargaining through unions and workplace co-determination through works councils relate to labour market imperfections and how labour market imperfections relate to employer wage premia. Based on representative German plant data for the years 1999-2016, we...

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Organised labour, labour market imperfections, and employer wage premia

Dobbelaere, Sabien; Hirsch, Boris; Müller, Steffen; … - 2022

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Organised labour, labour market imperfections, and employer wage premia

Dobbelaere, Sabien; Hirsch, Boris; Müller, Steffen; … - 2020

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Organised labour, labour market imperfections, and employer wage premia

Dobbelaere, Sabien; Hirsch, Boris; Müller, Steffen; … - 2020

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Organised labour, labour market imperfections, and employer wage premia

Dobbelaere, Sabien; Hirsch, Boris; Müller, Steffen; … - 2020

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Organised labour, labour market imperfections, and employer wage premia

Dobbelaere, Sabien; Hirsch, Boris; Müller, Steffen; … - 2020

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Interessenvertretung unter Remote-Bedingungen : Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze

Kötter, Julius; Schaffarczik, Sandra; Daus, Jan-Torge; … - 2023

Die Studie "Interessenvertretung unter Remote-Bedingungen" präsentiert die Einschätzungen von Betriebs- und Personalrät*innen sowie Jugend- und Auszubildendenvertretungen zur veränderten Gremienorganisation während der Covid-19-Pandemie. Dabei werden die Fragen beantwortet: Welche...

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Does decentralisation lead to new relationships between trade unions and works councils? : Germany and the Netherlands compared

Rosenbohm, Sophie; Tros, Franciscus Henderikus - 2023

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Trade union participation and influence in decentralised collective bargaining

Rönnmar, Mia; Kahmann, Marcus; Iossa, Andrea; … - 2023

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Klimaschutz und Arbeitsrecht

Däubler, Wolfgang - 2023

Schriften des Hugo Sinzheimer Instituts für Arbeits- und SozialrechtDer Klimaschutz ist eine der Kernfragen unserer Zeit. Aus der Pflicht zum Erhalt unserer natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen und der Unversehrtheit zukünftiger Generationen erwachsen dem Gesetzgeber Schutzpflichten, die potenziell...

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Servant of three masters? : comparing competing demands of representation, integration and solidarity - Dutch vis-à-vis German works councils

Behrens, Martin; Brehmer, Wolfram; Grift, Yolanda K.; … - 2025

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