While Germany’s employment relations are commonly seen as a high value added trust relationship built around the well publicised “new production concepts”, this paper aims to show that there is also another side to Germany’s ER. Using a detailed case study of the shipping industry, the...

Purpose – Aims to test Walton and McKersie’s theory on labour negotiations, specifically in the case of German car manufacturers. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on interviews with industrial actors in Germany’s car industry – an empirical case study. Findings –...

Purpose – The purpose of this conceptual‐theoretical review article is to examine two claims made by critical management studies (CMS): that CMS is emancipatory and that it has critical theory (CT) as its origin and prime theoretical base. Design/methodology/approach – Two theories are...