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Participation in organisations : economic approaches
Marsden, David; Cañibano, Almudena - 2009
Under the auspices of the debate about high performance work systems, it has been suggested that the evidence of positive results is disappointing and that one reason is that there has been a lack of theory. This paper argues that there is indeed a great deal of theory that could be used to...
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Global Perspectives on Workers' and Labour Organizations
Atzeni, Maurizio (ed.); Ness, Immanuel (ed.) - 2018
This book broadens the research on the underworld of precarious and not-represented workers, through a selection of original case studies from across the globe written by leading experts. The book unveils the working conditions affecting this vast labour force that is so important to capital...
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Unions in Brazil : what to expect in the near future?
Campos, André Gambier - 2016
Nowadays, there is a growing debate about the role of collective bargaining in Brazilian labour regulation. Nonetheless … very promising in order to foster a negotiated labour regulation. However, on average, those unions present a fragile … constituency, unions gather little resources to negotiate new forms of labour regulation. To overcome those problems, some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059851
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Labour Politics in Small Open Democracies : Australia, Chile, Ireland, New Zealand and Uruguay
Buchanan, Paul G.; Nicholls, Kate - 2003
Paul G. Buchanan and Kate Nicholls explore the political and economic fortunes of organised labour in five small open democracies between 1975 and 2000. Of particular interest is the role of labour market institutions, organisational histories, and trade union ideologies in shaping outcomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054369
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The Economic Effects of Trade Unions in Japan
Tachibanaki, Toshiaki; Noda, Tomohiko - 2000
The book attempts to examine whether trade unions in Japan contributed to raising wages, productivity and firm's performance. In the western world trade unions are often regarded as organizations which prevent firms from performing well. The Japanese case may be different from Europe and North...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054299
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Developing Positive Employment Relations : International Experiences of Labour Management Partnership
Johnstone, Stewart (ed.); Wilkinson, Adrian (ed.) - 2016
Offering a critical assessment of the main conceptual debates concerning labour management partnership and cooperation at the workplace, this book evaluates the search for positive employment relations in five countries. The provision of collective employee representation, normally through trade...
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What do unions do to CEO compension?
Gómez, Rafael (contributor);  … - 2006
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Supervisor Psychological Contract Management : Developing an Integrated Perspective on Managing Employee Perceptions of Obligations
Petersitzke, Maida (contributor) - 2009
empirical study of line managers and their subordinates, she also identifies ways in which individual line managers can foster …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521165
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Long-term employment relations when agents are present biased
Englmaier, Florian; Fahn, Matthias; Schwarz, Marco A. - 2017
We analyze how agents' present bias affects optimal contracting in an infinite-horizon employment setting. The principal maximizes profits by offering a menu of contracts to naive agents: a virtual contract - which agents plan to choose in the future - and a real contract which they end up...
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Gouvernments [Governments], trade unions and the macroeconomy : an expository analysis of the political business cycle
Detken, Carsten; Gärtner, Manfred - 1990
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