Based on a case study approach in twelve countries, analyses and compares current practices and trends in employment relationships in higher education.

Discusses the reorganization of the shop-floor into team-based production units at two American mechanical engineering firms.

Compares conditions of academic tenure and its functional equivalent in post secondary education in selected Anglo-American countries and in countries governed by civil-service regimes. Draws conclusions regarding nomination and dismissal, the case of distant-study teaching, effects of brain...

Explores how public actors, especially in home countries, link foreign direct investment (FDI) to labour and employment issues.