Drawing on evidence from the United States and Germany, this paper offers a survey of the effects of worker representation (in unions and works councils) and innovative work practices on firm performance. The focus is on the growing links between these two historically separate literatures. The...

A shortfall in employee voice attendant upon union decline has long been forewarned. Data from the third European Company Survey is used to establish perceived shortfalls in employee involvement based on the responses of employee representatives in establishments where formal workplace employee...

Der vorliegende Themenband hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, aktuelle wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zur Laufbahngestaltung in der Erwerbsarbeit zusammenzuführen und weitergehende Perspektiven zu diskutieren. Das Entwicklungspotential von inner- und außerbetrieblichen Laufbahnpfaden wird vor dem...