For more than 40 years, the “dual system” has been a key term for characterizing the German system of industrial relations. Reflecting on debates about processes of decentralization, substitution and erosion/dualization of industrial relations,...
Recent societal developments such as the significant increase in female employment or digitalization challenge existing working time regimes. As part of its 2017/18 collective bargaining position, the IG Metall demanded a right to reduce working...
The rise of the “platform economy” poses manifold challenges to the German system of labour relations. Uber, which has established itself in the German mobility sector, is representative of a model in which the services of self-employed persons...
This article analyses the self-presentations and patterns of interpretation of the female business elite. The empirical data basis is formed by current German-language autobiographies of successful female top managers and entrepreneurs. The focus is...
Digitization and technological innovations challenge the willingness and capability of companies to change. If one understands technology implementation as a change process, then an understanding of the leadership and organizational culture is...