{"title":"Plant-Level Employee Representation in Germany: Is the German Works Council a Management Stooge or the Representative Voice of the Workforce?","authors":"Michael Whittall, Rainer Trinczek","doi":"10.4337/9781788973229.00017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788973229.00017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":174528,"journal":{"name":"International Comparative Employee Relations","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127510483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fragmented Democracy and Employee Participation in Nigeria","authors":"J. Opute","doi":"10.4337/9781788973229.00019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788973229.00019","url":null,"abstract":"The chapter discusses the extent to which fragmentation in the democratic process in Nigeria has impacted on employee participation and in particular the roles of all the instructional settings in the country","PeriodicalId":174528,"journal":{"name":"International Comparative Employee Relations","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128808434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Culture, Language and Translation in Comparative Employee Relations: The Case of the Italian Caporalato","authors":"Pietro Manzella","doi":"10.4337/9781788973229.00016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788973229.00016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":174528,"journal":{"name":"International Comparative Employee Relations","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129646360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Employee Relations in Context: Globalization, Uncertainties, and Dynamics of Change","authors":"Aurora Trif, V. Paolucci","doi":"10.4337/9781788973229.00011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788973229.00011","url":null,"abstract":"Globalization, which refers to the process of increased integration between countries, has had \u0000significant effects on employee relations (Lansbury, 2018). Economic liberalism, a key feature of \u0000globalization, has fostered individualism and competition since the 1980s, hindering collective \u0000mechanisms aimed at limiting ‘a race to the bottom’ in labour standards in many countries \u0000(Doellgast et al., 2018). Despite being one of the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, the neo-liberal \u0000political discourse has become, over the past decade, a one-size fits-all recipe for structural reforms \u0000with the blessing of international bodies, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the \u0000World Bank and the European Union (EU). In the EU, most governments have sought to reduce \u0000unemployment and/or contain labour costs primarily by weakening the role of statutory and/or \u0000collective bargaining regulations in setting labour standards (Koukiadaki et al., 2016; Marginson, \u00002015). Thus, economic liberalism during the crisis has reduced the role of institutional mechanisms \u0000(e.g. collective bargaining and labour laws) and increased the role of market forces in the \u0000regulation of employee relations.","PeriodicalId":174528,"journal":{"name":"International Comparative Employee Relations","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133980283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Approach: The Incorporation of Culture, Language and Translation Elements in Comparative Employee Relations","authors":"Pietro Manzella, K. Koch","doi":"10.4337/9781788973229.00013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788973229.00013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":174528,"journal":{"name":"International Comparative Employee Relations","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129960184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction: The Language and Culture Perspective in Employee Relations","authors":"K. Koch, Pietro Manzella","doi":"10.4337/9781788973229.00009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788973229.00009","url":null,"abstract":"The book provides an insight into the deeper structures underlying the similarities and differences in Employee Relations Systems by synthesis of cultural, language and specific employee relations factors. Enabling the understanding of those involved in international and comparative employee relations matters in a more insightful way than current approaches. It also intends to facilitate a holistic approach to translations, and understanding, of employee relations-focused texts. One of the central issues is that translations, under-standings, in specific contexts, such as labor law, employee relevant technical matters, in areas as, for example, collective bargaining and arbitration processes, achieve clarity through the inclusion of cultural characteristics. The book, therefore, includes an in-depth explanation and analysis of specific and general concepts of employee relations within this contextual field. It identifies examples of how cultural identification shapes, directs and influences distinctive systems of employee relations—moving toward a translation objective which is anchored in a holistic approach providing a deeper understanding of the subject matter.","PeriodicalId":174528,"journal":{"name":"International Comparative Employee Relations","volume":"18 11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130788968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring ‘Bundles’ of Employment Practices: Culture, Language and Translation Perspectives","authors":"Susanne Tietze","doi":"10.4337/9781788973229.00020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788973229.00020","url":null,"abstract":"This document is the author deposited version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. Published version TIETZE, Susanne (2019). Exploring 'Bundles' of Employment Practices: Culture, Language and Translation Perspectives. In: KOCH, Karl and MANZELLA, Pietro, (eds.) International Comparative Employment Relations: The Role of Culture and Language. Edward Elgar Publishing, 184-194.","PeriodicalId":174528,"journal":{"name":"International Comparative Employee Relations","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114663597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Individualism, Democracy and Conflict in the USA","authors":"P. Norlander","doi":"10.4337/9781788973229.00018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788973229.00018","url":null,"abstract":"The growing divergence in U.S. employee relations is described through a review of national and state-level changes to employment protection laws. Major employment laws are reviewed, as are the significant exceptions to the laws, and exemptions to the exceptions. Major regulatory actions, as well as reversals of the regulations, and reversals of the reversals are also described. An analysis of changes to state employment policies since 2000 shows an increasing ideologically driven divergence within the country between left-leaning “equity and voice” states and right-leaning “individual rights and efficiency” states. Instability and divergence are major features of the U.S. system of employee relations that require additional scrutiny.","PeriodicalId":174528,"journal":{"name":"International Comparative Employee Relations","volume":"279 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116266649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}