European Labour Relations: Common Features

by Szell, Gyorgy

• ISBN13: 9780754615415
• ISBN10: 0754615413
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co

Summary

With the increasing economic, political and social integration in Europe, there has been a fundamental change in labour and industrial relations. Not only in the Japanese and American challenges in the triad competition under the slogan of 'Lean Management' but also ecological and democratic challenges are relevant. The directive for the introduction of European works councils is one example of new forms of industrial relations. The question remains since the Hofstede studies on how far will integration go in guarding the cultural specificity's and identities. The material is structured in a logical and helpful way with a balanced and complete review of the subject. This first of two volumes concentrates on the general features of the European system of labour relations. Both volumes are addressed particularly to academics and students of business administration, economics, sociology, labour law and organizational psychology at university level, and would also be suitable for intensive courses and seminars in the private sector.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
The Prospects of Labour-Oriented Science and Research	p. 1
Collective Bargaining	p. 14
Wage Systems and Industrial Relations	p. 27
The Form of Wages or the Composition of the Wage Package	p. 45
European Human Resources Management	p. 68
Technological Change and Limitations of Theory	p. 82
Total Quality: A Political Dilemma. Considerations from an Italian Perspective	p. 101
The Ecological Challenge	p. 116
The Social Dimension of the European Integration Process--History, Status Quo, Perspectives	p. 137
Unemployment--Industrial Relations Failure and Labour Market Failure	p. 167
Working Time	p. 189
Co-operatives	p. 221
The Origins of the European Employment Strategy: Content and Limits	p. 239
Supranational Industrial Relations in Europe--A Literature Survey	p. 262
Globalisation and Human Resource Management: The End of Industrial Relations?	p. 280
Labour Relations and Social Model--A Triadic Comparison	p. 297
Employers	p. 314
The European Trade Union Confederation	p. 334
The Employment Relationship on the Eve of the Twenty-First Century: Challenges for Trade Unions	p. 347
The Authors	p. 359
Subject Index	p. 361
Name Index	p. 365
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