Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw on previous research and propose a framework for evaluating interest‐based bargaining (IBB) around three criteria: efficient, amicable and wise, where mutual gains are not self‐evident. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reviews both...

Focuses on the introduction of personal contracts to replace terms and conditions of employment derived from collective agreements in light of the findings from three surveys of employer organizations conducted in 1991/92, 1994/95 and 1995/96 by the Employment Relations R&D Centre at Anglia...

Purpose – This paper aims to provide an insight into how trade union activities in the Czech Republic have developed in the 15 years since the “Velvet Revolution” of 1989 and discusses some of the important political, economic and cultural factors which have influenced that development....

Die Auswirkungen von Direktinvestitionen deutscher Unternehmen auf die Arbeitsbeziehungen in Mittel-/Osteuropa Am Beispiel ausgewählter Länderfallstudien in Polen, der Tschechischen und Slowakischen Republik In diesem Forschungsprojekt untersucht das Institut Arbeit und Wirtschaft die...