This paper will approach the role of multinational companies (MNCs) in shaping Hungarian labour relations in a broader context. Departing from an overview of macroeconomic developments of the last two decades, all levels and aspects of labour relations, actors, strategies, institutions and...

This paper will approach the role of multinational companies (MNCs) in shaping Hungarian labour relations in a broader context. Departing from an overview of macroeconomic developments of the last two decades, all levels and aspects of labour relations, actors, strategies, institutions and...

Internet of Things’ devices (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence’s algorithms (AI) make workplaces’ surveillance unprecedentedly meticulous. Tracking workforce traits, behaviours and results is increasingly the new normal, also in light of the pandemic scenario, where working from home and...

Seit der EU-Osterweiterung veraendern sich die Handlungsbedingungen der Gewerkschaften in Mittelosteuropa. Die Praegekraft des kommunistischen Erbes und der Dilemmata der Transformation lassen nach. Am Beispiel der Gewerkschaft Solidarnosc wird der organisatorische Wandel der Gewerkschaften...

This paper will approach the role of multinational companies (MNCs) in shaping Hungarian labour relations in a broader context. Departing from an overview of macroeconomic developments of the last two decades, all levels and aspects of labour relations, actors, strategies, institutions and...

Strukturelle Veraenderungen sind ein Kennzeichen der Marktwirtschaft, gesetzliche Regelungen spiegeln haeufig nur die Notwendigkeiten zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt wider und werden obsolet bzw. sind aenderungsbeduerftig. Der vorliegende Artikel gibt zunaechst einen kurzen UEberblick ueber die...

This working paper addresses the incidence of double breasting as a means of trade union avoidance in multinational companies. Double breasting is a phenomenon whereby multi-establishment firms concurrently operate union and non-union facilities. Drawing on survey findings from the largest and...

Iceland has high living standards, low poverty, high inclusiveness and one of the most sustainable pension systems. It is the most highly unionised country in the OECD and, in the past, successful social pacts have protected the lowest paid workers during crises, and on occasion helped fight...

Non-union direct voice has replaced union representative voice as the primary avenue for employee voice in the British private sector. This paper provides a framework for examining the relationship between employee voice and workplace outcomes that explains this development. As exit-voice theory...