This special issue is dedicated to examining some current issues in international HRM; it contributes mainly to the field of HRM in the multinational enterprise. However, it clearly also draws on knowledge from cross-cultural IHRM. The guest editors have identified three topics that have gained...

National employment systems are changing primarily through the activities of multinational enterprises (MNEs). In order to understand in how far national employment systems are susceptible to change, we revisit important quantitative empirical studies published since 1994 on the transfer of...

This special issue is dedicated to examining some current issues in international HRM; it contributes mainly to the field of HRM in the multinational enterprise. However, it clearly also draws on knowledge from cross-cultural IHRM. The guest editors have identified three topics that have gained...

Institutionalistische Ansaetze des Vergleichs gehen meist von national einheitlichen Modellen industrieller Beziehungen aus. Der vorliegende Beitrag kritisiert diese Annahme. Im Rahmen eines interessen- sowie repraesentationstheoretischen Ansatzes untersucht er Wirtschaftssegmente ‚jenseits...

Die Institution Betriebsrat zeichnet sich angesichts des starken ökonomischen und technisch-organisatorischen Wandels in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten durch eine relativ hohe Kontinuität aus. Die Betriebsratsforschung hat in dieser Zeit einen Aufschwung erfahren. Neue Fragestellungen wurden...

Germany's population is currently undergoing a major shift as well as a general decline. These changes are expected to impact not only the workforce but also the social systems dependent on having a steady supply of individuals contributing to them. While no single solution alone is likely to be...

In Deutschland sind die Aufsichtsratsbildung sowie die damit einhergehende Arbeitnehmermitbestimmung abhaengig von der Rechtsform und Firmengroesse gesetzlich vorgeschrieben. Die vorliegende Arbeit demonstriert, dass entgegen den rechtskraeftigen Regelungen weniger als die Haelfte aller GmbHs im...

Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel in Germany and estimating a panel probit model with fixed effects, this paper finds a negative relationship between the existence of owner-management in an establishment and the probabilities of having a works council or a collective...

Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel in Germany and estimating a panel probit model with fixed effects, this paper finds a negative relationship between the existence of owner-management in an establishment and the probabilities of having a works council or a collective...

Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel in Germany and estimating a panel probit model with fixed effects, this paper finds a negative relationship between the existence of owner-management in an establishment and the probabilities of having a works council or a collective...