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Corporate globalization and worker representation

Jirjahn, Uwe - 2024

This chapter reviews research on the linkages between corporate globalization and worker representation. Studies have identified various transmission channels through which the activities of foreign multinational companies (MNCs) affect host-country institutions of union and non-union...

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What do workers want? : the shortfall in employee participation at the European workplace

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2018

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...

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Workplace employee representation and industrial relations performance : new evidence from the 2013 European company survey

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2017

Using cross-country data from the European Company Survey, we investigate the relationship between workplace employee representation and five behavioral outcomes: strike incidence, the climate of industrial relations, sickness/absenteeism, employee motivation, and staff retention. The evidence...

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Explaining cross-national variation in workplace employee representation

Forth, John; Bryson, Alex; George, Anitha - 2016

Across Europe, there are many differing opinions on whether workplace employee representation should be encouraged or discouraged. Yet there is very little evidence on the variations in workplace employee representation across Europe or the reasons for this. We use a workplace survey covering 27...

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Owners, external managers, and industrial relations in German establishments

Kölling, Arnd; Schnabel, Claus - 2019

owners against co-determination and unions but require taking account of the notion of socio-emotional wealth prevalent in …

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Works councils and workplace health promotion in Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Mohrenweiser, Jens; Smith, Stephen C. - 2019

This study explores the impact an exogenous improvement in childhood health has on later-life outcomes. Using extensive and detailed register data from the Swedish Interdisciplinary Panel, we follow individuals exposed to the introduction of the first vaccine against polio in Sweden (birth...

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The German model of industrial relations : (where) does it still exist?

Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus - 2017

Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel, this paper charts changes in the two main pillars of the German IR model over the last 20 years. It shows that collective bargaining coverage and worker representation via works councils have substantially fallen outside the public...

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What does codetermination do?

Jäger, Simon; Noy, Shakked; Schoefer, Benjamin - 2021

We provide a comprehensive overview of codetermination, i.e., worker representation in firms' governance and management … that existing quasi-experimental estimates suggest that codetermination has zero or very small positive effects on worker … codetermination laws using novel cross-country event studies exploiting a series of codetermination reforms between the 1960s and 2010 …

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Dissonant works councils and establishment survivability

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Grunau, Philipp; … - 2019

Using subjective information provided by manager respondents on the stance taken by the works council in company decision making, this paper investigates the association between a measure of works council dissonance or disaffection and plant closings in Germany, 2006-2015. The potential effects...

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Strikes, employee workplace representation, unionism, and trust : evidence from cross-country data

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2017

This paper investigates the determinants of industrial conflict in companies, using a multi-country workplace inquiry for 2009 and 2013 and various measures of strike activity. The principal goal is to address the effect of formal workplace representation on strikes, distinguishing in the first...

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