This working paper investigates whether European board-level representation of employees in European Companies (SEs) is really ‘Europeanised' or is coloured by the national system of their company's country of origin.The authors used responses of employees sitting on SE boards to a...

This working paper looks at the views of managers responsible for European Works Councils (EWCs) within multinational companies on the operation of the institution. It also examines the policies of Business Europe on EWCs vis-à-vis the views of these managers.The findings of structured...

1. Setting the scene -- 2. The situation de jure : the regulation of board-level employee representation -- 3. The morphology of board-level employee representation -- 4. The board agenda and processes -- 5. The exercise of power at the board -- 6. The articulation of board-level employee...