Industrielle Beziehungen

Even in normal times, plural network organisations pose a challenge for the actors and the institutions of industrial relations. But how does this play out in times of crisis? On the one hand, there are arguments in favour of plural network...

The effects of the Russian war in the Ukraine, the need for lower greenhouse gas emissions in production, the restructuring of value creation activities, digitalisation and demographic change can be studied in the energy-intensive sector of the...

In the course of climate change, many companies are facing increasing pressure to transform. This is especially true for companies in the manufacturing sector and for companies in the energy industry. At the same time, in the course of...

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...

A functional division of labor that involves close cooperation between works councils and trade unions is important for the stability of the overall system of German industrial relations. However, although works councils and trade unions often work...

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,...

The paper focuses on gender wage inequalities between technical and administrative employees (non-scientific staff) in academia. Higher education institutions in the public sector are covered by collective agreements and should therefore leave no...

The lack of formal qualification has a negative impact on employment opportunities, especially for women. While previous research has highlighted macro-level factors, this paper focuses on the meso-level and asks how the employment opportunities of...

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...

This article investigates the collective bargaining disputes involving Lufthansa, VC (cockpit), UFO (cabin crews) and ver.di (ground staff) between 2000 and 2019. Before progressing to document the complex history of conflict between Lufthansa and...

Using comparative case studies of four industries (automotive, apparel, electronics, and IT services) in six emerging and developing countries (India, Bangladesh, China, Vietnam, Brazil, and South Africa), we illustrate the influence of...

In the social sciences (economics, sociology, political science), which deal with the functions and effects of co-determination, the question of its positive economic impact has been raised in recent times. In the past their cooperative and...

Considering the persistent violation of labour rights, questions arise as to the effectiveness of policy instruments regarding the governance of global labour standards. We adopt an industrial relations perspective to compare three broad categories...

In this article, thirteen case studies are analysed which study the innovation processes renewing structures and forms of employee participation in companies in private and public sectors of industry in the Netherlands. In the majority of the case...

Global production or value networks have gained significantly in importance as organizational forms of economic activity over the past decades. A by-product of this development, however, despite the widespread concern it has caused among many...

We speak of path dependency when decisions made in the past influence or even restrict the ability to act today. Utilizing the Co-determination Index (MB-ix) developed at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), the article analyzes the configuration...

The European Parliament considers the strengthening of employee and trade union rights as fundamental instruments for democracy and inclusion. While member states are obliged to incorporate collective bargaining autonomy and employee participation...

Currently works council typologies are often used to describe negotiation processes between employers and corporate co-determination. These generally pursue a more poweroriented perspective to describe the negotiation processes and their results. In...