Focuses on the implications of corporate restructuring for employment and industrial relations, illustrated by case studies. Covers the period from 2005 to 2009.

Analyses restructuring and the role of social dialogue in Brazil's chemical industry in the 2000s.

Explores good practices in industrial relations and collective bargaining in the chemical industry.

Looks at practices that boost worker employability and capacity to deal with technological advances. Refers to the Lisbon Agenda with a view of priority action areas, the standardization of qualifications in the European Union, the European Credit Transfer System for higher education, and issues...

Examines corporate change and restructuring in the chemical industry and analyses how industrial relations in this sector can be improved in the interests of both decent work and greater productivity.

Pour tenter de répondre aux enjeux actuels des entreprises, les Directions des Ressources Humaines proposent régulièrement de nouveaux instruments de gestion supposés favoriser l'implication des salariés et développer leur efficacité. L'analyse des effets de ces instruments montre qu'ils...