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The Extent of Collective Bargaining and Workplace Representation : Transitions between States and Their Determinants - A Comparative Analysis of Germany and Great Britain

Addison, John T. - 2009

Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said … representation in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …

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Questioning the Stereotype of the 'Malingering Bureaucrat' : Absence from Work in the Public and Private Sector in Germany

Prümer, Stephanie - 2019

for Germany, we indeed find absenteeism of employees to be higher in the public than the private sector. The differences … that the stereotype of the "malingering bureaucrat" seems to be an exaggeration, at least for Germany …

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Slip Sliding Away : Further Union Decline in Germany and Britain

Addison, John T. - 2010

changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998 …, the decline in collective bargaining is more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, thus continuing a trend apparent since …

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Trade Union Membership and Dismissals

Goerke, Laszlo - 2010

In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members …

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Trade Union Membership and Sickness Absence : Evidence from a Sick Pay Reform

Goerke, Laszlo - 2012

In 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that …

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The Effects of Firm Size on Job Quality : A Comparative Study for Britain and France

Bryson, Alex - 2017

Using linked employer-employee data from two comparable surveys this article examines the links between non-pecuniary job quality and workplace characteristics in Britain and France – countries with very different employment regimes. The results show that job quality is better in Britain than...

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The 'Good Workplace' : The Role of Joint Consultative Committees, Unions and HR Policies in Employee Ratings of Workplaces in Britain

Barry, Michael - 2018

Using new, rich data on a representative sample of British workers, we examine the relationship between joint consultation systems at the workplace and employee satisfaction, accounting for possible interactions with union and management-led high-commitment strategies. We focus on non-union...

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The Twin Track Model of Employee Voice : An Anglo-American Perspective on Union Decline and the Rise of Alternative Forms of Voice

Bryson, Alex - 2017

We present a simple framework for analyzing decline in union voice in the Anglo-American world and its replacement by non-union, often direct, forms of worker voice. We argue that it is a decline in the in-flow to unionisation among employers and workers, rather than an increase in the outflow...

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The Wage Impact of Trade Unions in the UK Public and Private Sectors

Blanchflower, David G. - 2009

This paper draws attention to an increase in the size of the union membership wage premium in the UK public sector relative to the private sector. We find the public sector membership wage premium is approximately double that in the private sector controlling for a full range of individual, job...

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The Persistence of Union Membership within the Coalfields of Britain

Beynon, Huw - 2020

Spatial variance in union membership has been attributed to the favourable attitudes that persist in areas with an historical legacy of trade unionism. Within the UK, villages and towns located in areas once dominated coalmining remain among the strongest and durable bases for the trade union...

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