International comparative employee relations : the role of culture and language

Contents: Foreword / by Richard Hyman -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The language and culture perspective in employee relations / Karl Koch and Pietro Manzella -- Part I: Comparative employee relations in context -- 1: Employee relations in context: Globalization, uncertainties, and dynamics of change / Aurora Trif and Valentina Paolucci -- 2: Comparative employee relations: An overview of contemporary developments and scholarship / Chris Brewster -- 3: A new approach: The incorporation of culture, language and translation elements in comparative employee relations / Pietro Manzella and Karl Koch -- Part II: Employee relations in the national context -- 4: Employee relations and harmony in China / Jing Xi -- 5: Culture, language and translation in comparative employee relations: The case of the Italian caporalato / Pietro Manzella -- 6: Plant-level employee representation in Germany: Is the german works council a management stooge or the representative voice of the workforce? / Michael Whittall and Rainer Trinczek -- 7: Individualism, democracy and conflict in the USA / Peter Norlander -- 8: Fragmented democracy and employee participation in nigeria / John Opute -- 9: Exploring 'bundles' of employment practices: Culture, language and translation perspectives / Susanne Tietze -- Index.