During the 1930s and 1940s, collective bargaining emerged as the workplace governancenorm in much of the U.S. industrial sector. Following its peak in the 1950s, union density inthe U.S. private sector fell steadily, to only 7.4 percent in 2006. Governance shifted from aformalized union norm to...

The globalisation of economies, the appearance of new technologies and theenlargement of the European Union are some of the factors which place increasingprominence and importance on the decisions which managers within organisationsand companies are required to take...

Die Notwendigkeit und der Wunsch nach Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie stellt Unternehmenund Erwerbstätige vor neue Herausforderungen. Dazu zählen zum einen veränderte Anforderungenan die Erwerbsarbeit, wie beispielsweise höhere Flexibilität und Mobilität, und zum anderenveränderte...

This paper describes psychological contracts and how they are created. Even though the phenomenon of the psychological contract can be observed in a variety of relationships, this paper solely discusses psychological contracts in business settings. The paper discusses in particular how...

In December 2006 the Government announced proposals to promote private pension saving across UK workplaces. These proposals are explained in the Government’s White Paper, ‘Personal accounts: a new way to save’ . The proposed personal accounts system will operate from 2012 and will require...

Die sog. Kölner Funktionslehre der Unternehmensbewertung ist durch Günter Sieben sowie seine Schüler geprägt worden. Sie unterscheidet drei Hauptfunktionen: die Beratungsfunktion, die Vermittlungsfunktion und die Argumentationsfunktion. Zentrale Wertgröße in allen Hauptfunktionen ist der...

In this paper, we will try to contribute to the establishment of a model of eWork diffusion. Firstly, the paper will review the latest research on telework, and how its findings compare with the hopes and beliefs of futurologists and policy-makers (section 2). Secondly we will suggest how the...

[...]Local welfare offices have relied on a number of differentstrategies to shift to a more work-oriented assistance system.Some have expanded the role of former income maintenance(eligibility) workers to include more tasks related to helpingwelfare recipients find employment, or they have...