In der Study werden die Arbeitsbeziehungen im Krankenhaussektor von Deutschland und Großbritannien. Der deutsche Krankenhaussektor ist durch fragmentierte und dezentral organisierte (Lohn-)Verhandlungen gekennzeichnet, während im britischen NHS (National Health Service) die Lohnkoordinierungen...

Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said, comparatively little is known in any detail of the changing pattern of the institutions of collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany and still less in both countries...

This paper presents the first comparative analysis of the decline in collective bargaining in two European countries where that decline has been most pronounced. Using workplace-level data and a common model, we present decompositions of changes in collective bargaining and worker representation...