Taking up a mandate in a multinational company can be a challenging experience for trade union and workers’ representatives in countries across Europe. And when it comes to board-level representation, the challenge becomes even greater. These difficulties have largely gone under the radar of...

Social movements are catalysts for crucial institutional changes. To succeed, they must coordinate members' views (consensus building) and actions (mobilization). We study union leaders within Myanmar's burgeoning labor movement. Union leaders are positively selected on both personality traits...

"The iconic leader of one of America's most powerful unions, Harry Bridges put an indelible stamp on the twentieth century labor movement. Robert Cherny's monumental biography tells the life story of the figure who built the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) into a labor...

This paper investigates, both theoretically and empirically, the role of factional competition and local accountability in explaining the enormous but puzzling county-level variations in development performance in Fujian province of China. When the Communist armies took over Fujian from the...

Konrad Nordahl er en av de viktigste LO-lederne gjennom tidene. Han var formann fra 1939 til 1965. Nordahl var født i 1897, samme år som statsminister Einar Gerhardsen, og det ble sagt at dersom de to nikket til hverandre, var saken avgjort. Det var tette bånd mellom LO og Arbeiderpartiet,...

Part one. Before the 1963 'economic reform' -- The prevention of democratic change in East Germany after World War II -- The role of the soviet military administration in Germany (SMAD) -- The foundation of the GDR on October 7, 1949 -- Stalin's diplomatic initiative in March/April --...

Die Gewerkschaft »Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr« (ÖTV) und ihr Vorsitzender Heinz Kluncker galten in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren als überaus mächtig: Mit dem legendären zweistelligen Lohnabschluss von 1974 brachten sie sogar Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt in Bedrängnis. Karl...

Die Gewerkschaft »Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr« (ÖTV) und ihr Vorsitzender Heinz Kluncker galten in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren als überaus mächtig: Mit dem legendären zweistelligen Lohnabschluss von 1974 brachten sie sogar Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt in Bedrängnis. Karl...

This article criticizes that the personnel management system for Korean public officials is seriously lacking competition among public employees and fails to nurture their competence and confidence due to too much reliance on rank, seniority, closed recruitment, and excessive rotation of...

Recruiting and retaining leaders and public servants at the grass-roots level in developing countries creates a potential tension between providing sufficient returns to attract talent and limiting the scope for excessive rent-seeking behavior. In China, researchers have frequently argued that...

Financial disclosure systems are a vital component of transparency. By now 161 countries around the world have introduced financial disclosure systems, becoming commonplace around the world. But, although the rules are on the books, many practitioners are still struggling with the intricacies of...

Despite an emerging literature on political determinants of economic performance in China, little is known about whether standing committees of the Communist Party, an institution of collective leadership, matters for economic development. Using Chinese provincial level data for 1997-2011, we...

Wer steckt hinter den Unternehmensgiganten aus China? Sie erobern die Weltmärkte, positionieren China als digitale Supermacht und prägen die entscheidenden Zukunftsindustrien. Gleichwohl wissen wir fast nichts über sie. Wie ticken Chinas Bosse? Wer steckt hinter den immer mächtigeren und...

Recruiting and retaining leaders and public servants at the grass-roots level in developing countries creates a potential tension between providing sufficient returns to attract talent and limiting the scope for excessive rent-seeking behavior. In China, researchers have frequently argued that...

Recruiting and retaining leaders and public servants at the grass-roots level in developing countries creates a potential tension between providing sufficient returns to attract talent and limiting the scope for excessive rent-seeking behavior. In China, researchers have frequently argued that...

Two groups of voters of known sizes disagree over a single binary decision to be taken by simple majority. Individuals have different, privately observed intensities of preferences and before voting can buy or sell votes among themselves for money. We study the implication of such trading for...

Recruiting and retaining leaders and public servants at the grass-roots level in developing countries creates a potential tension between providing sufficient returns to attract talent and limiting the scope for excessive rent-seeking behavior. In China, researchers have frequently argued that...

Recruiting and retaining leaders and public servants at the grass-roots level in developing countries creates a potential tension between providing sufficient returns to attract talent and limiting the scope for excessive rent-seeking behavior. In China, researchers have frequently argued that...

Two groups of voters of known sizes disagree over a single binary decision to be taken by simple majority. Individuals have different, privately observed intensities of preferences and before voting can buy or sell votes among themselves for money. We study the implication of such trading for...

Die Gewerkschaft »Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr« (ÖTV) und ihr Vorsitzender Heinz Kluncker galten in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren als überaus mächtig: Mit dem legendären zweistelligen Lohnabschluss von 1974 brachten sie sogar Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt in Bedrängnis. Karl...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Notes -- References -- 1. Why Do Countries Embark on Financial Disclosure? -- Global and Regional Trends Observed in the Adoption of...

Financial disclosure systems are a vital component of transparency. By now 161 countries around the world have introduced financial disclosure systems, becoming commonplace around the world. But, although the rules are on the books, many practitioners are still struggling with the intricacies of...

Aus dem Vorwort: Das politische Wirken von Roland Issen war geprägt vom Willen, die Gewerkschaftsbewegung neu auszurichten. Wo er Führungsfunktionen übernahm, suchte er stets die damit verbundenen Handlungsmöglichkeiten; und nutzte sie zum Wohle der Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer.