In this article Chinese-Ghanaian employment relations are analyzed using the concepts of foreignness, the psychological contract, equity, and cross-cultural communication. Based on a qualitative study conducted in Accra, Ghana, we discuss the labor market in general and introduce the conditions...

A cross section analysis of 23 OECD members shows that there is an 'antagonistic' relationship between the legal protection of investor interests on the one hand and labour interests on the other: the stronger the legal protection of investor rights in a country, the less developed are the...

Die Öffnung der industriellen Beziehungen für Anforderungen des Umweltschutzes ist auf europäischer und internationaler Ebene bisher nur ansatzweise und in sehr unterschiedlichem Ausmaß erfolgt. Dies geschieht teils durch die Erweiterung des Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutzes um...

The years of transition in Central and Eastern Europe brought with them the unprecedented - in these societies - phenomenon of restructuring with dismissals and growing unemployment. Moreover with the emergence and development of the private sector, new enterprises started to leave former...