Purpose – This paper aims to present an analysis of the nature and drivers of company-level concession bargaining during the financial crisis 2008-10 in Germany. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on five company case studies. Data collection methods include document analysis...

Purpose – This paper aims to use the Capability Approach in order to shed light on the capability for voice of workers in an industrial restructuring process. Design/methodology/approach – The research relies on conceptual frames and distinctions borrowed from Amartya Sen, Jon Elster and...

Purpose – The article aims to explore the link between corporate crises and decisions about employee participation in the context of the global financial crisis (GFC). Design/methodology/approach – The authors complement Weick's sensemaking perspective with some distinctions taken from...

Purpose – This paper aims to use the Capability Approach in order to shed light on the capability for voice of workers in an industrial restructuring process. Design/methodology/approach – The research relies on conceptual frames and distinctions borrowed from Amartya Sen, Jon Elster and...

Purpose – This paper aims to present an analysis of the nature and drivers of company-level concession bargaining during the financial crisis 2008-10 in Germany. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on five company case studies. Data collection methods include document analysis...

Purpose – The article aims to explore the link between corporate crises and decisions about employee participation in the context of the global financial crisis (GFC). Design/methodology/approach – The authors complement Weick's sensemaking perspective with some distinctions taken from...

Existing research concerning the impact of unions on relative wages provides evidence for the existence of significant union/non‐union wage differentials. However, union practices are deemed to have a more pervasive effect on the overall distribution of wages, reducing wage differentials...

Reviews the literature on trade union membership in OECD countries. After considering the ways in which trade union membership is measured, trends in both membership and density since 1970 are examined. When cross‐sectional determinants are considered, density is found to be unrelated to size...

Looks at a union model where a trade union leader represents union members in dealing with the firm. The union leader is risk neutral and derives his utility solely from the union fees. The employment level is efficient, and equivalent to the contracts without a union leader, when the unemployed...

Purpose – This paper aims to present an analysis of the nature and drivers of company‐level concession bargaining during the financial crisis 2008‐10 in Germany. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on five company case studies. Data collection methods include document...