Allowing workers to control their work hours (working-time autonomy) is a controversial policy for worker empowerment, with concerns that range from increased shirking to excessive intensification of work. Empirical evidence, however, supports neither view. Recent studies find that working-time...

A shortfall in employee voice attendant upon union decline has long been forewarned. Data from the third European Company Survey is used to establish perceived shortfalls in employee involvement based on the responses of employee representatives in establishments where formal workplace employee...

Cover -- Einleitung: Digitalisierung industrieller Arbeit -- 1. Technologieschub: Digitalisierung -- 2. Zum Wandel von Arbeit: Herausforderungen und Perspektiven -- 2.1 Arbeitsmarkt und Beschäftigung -- 2.2 Strukturwandel -- Neue Muster der Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion -- Wandel der...

A shortfall in employee voice attendant upon union decline has long been forewarned. Data from the third European Company Survey is used to establish perceived shortfalls in employee involvement based on the responses of employee representatives in establishments where formal workplace employee...