Whereas employee participation is generally conceived to facilitate implementation of organizational change, only limited research has investigated whether it may reduce the negative effects of downsizing. The present study compares two Swedish hospitals that implemented downsizing in different...

Vor dem Hintergrund der voranschreitenden Integration der Märkte zu einem weltumfassenden Wirtschaftssystem sowie der zunehmenden Transnationalisierung sozio-kultureller Beziehungen beschäftigen sich Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschafter, die die Folgen dieser Globalisierungstrends...

The aim of this study is to investigate whether trust in one's employer and also perceived employability are able to reduce employees' perceived post-restructuring job insecurity. Both, quantitative job insecurity (insecurity over the continuity of a job) and qualitative job insecurity...

Eine Auswertung der Allgemeinen Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften zeigt, dass in Deutschland zuletzt nur noch jeder fünfte Arbeitnehmer gewerkschaftlich organisiert war. Viele Gewerkschaften forcieren deshalb die Werbung neuer Mitglieder. Der relevante Ort der Mitgliedergewinnung...

Against the background of theoretical considerations and available empirical studies, the expected effects of the amendment to the Law on Labour Relations at the Workplace (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) are discussed. The various basic conditions are shown under which more positive or more negative...

In this paper the further training behaviour of firms is explained using a double hurdle approach: the first hurdle is that the further training of employees is worthwhile for the firms in general, the second hurdle is that demand for further training arises. The empirical test is conducted...