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Informationen zum Autor Joris Van Ruysseveldt is Assistant Professor at the Open University of the Netherlands. His publications include International Human Resource Management (edited with Anne-Wil Harzing, SAGE 1995) and Industrial Relations in Europe: Traditions and Transitions (edited with Jelle Visser, SAGE, 1995 - in production). Rien Huiskamp is head of Huiskamp Research and Consultancy and a part-time tutor at the Open University of the Netherlands. He was formerly a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and the IRRU, Warwick University. Jacques van Hoof is Professor of Industrial Sociology at the Open University of the Netherlands and Professor of Empirical Sociology at the University of Leiden. CONTRIBUTORS Ben Dankbaar MERIT Maastricht Willem de Lange IVA Netherlands David Marsden London School of Economics Albert Mok University of Antwerp and Agricultural University Wageningen Arndt Sorge, Open University Heerlen Kea Tijdens University of Amsterdam Jelle Visser University of Amsterdam Frans van Waarden University of Utrecht Klappentext Comparing industrial and employment relations in different countries and identifying the elements of commonality across the range of national systems, this comprehensive textbook provides an introduction to industrial and employment relations in the wider economic, technological and political context. Throughout, employment relations are set within the framework of the overall relationships between firms, markets, interest organizations and governments. Topics addressed include: distinct theoretical approaches to analyzing industrial and employment relations; the role of interest groups and organized interests in the industrial relations system; differences in the level of government intervention in industrial relations over time and between nations; the processes of bargaining, collective representation and participation, and the growth of flexibility; changes over time in three key elements of employment relations - wages, working time and qualifications; and developments in employment relations, work organization and technology in three important sectors - the automobile industry, banking and retailing. Zusammenfassung An introduction to industrial relations and employment relationships which transcends specific national contexts. Throughout! issues of industrial relations are seen within a broad framework of the relationship between governments! markets and organizations. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Growing Cross-National Diversity or Growing Diversity tout court ? An Introduction to Comparative Industrial and Employment Relations - Joris Van Ruysseveldt Regulating the Employment Relationship - Rien Huiskamp An Analytical Framework PART TWO: INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN A CHANGING EUROPE Trade Unions from a Comparative Perspective - Jelle Visser Employers and Employers¿ Associations - Frans van Waarden Government Intervention in Industrial Relations - Frans van Waarden PART THREE: INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE Collective Bargaining in Transition - Rien Huiskamp Industrial Democracy, Employee Participation and Operational Autonomy - Rien Huiskamp PART FOUR: WAGES, WORKING TIME AND QUALIFICATIONS Wages from a European Perspective - David Marsden Working Time and Time Resource Management - Willem de Lange Labour Relations, Organization and Qualifications - Arndt Sorge PART FIVE: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS New Production Technologies and Changing Work Systems - Arndt Sorge The Crisis of Fordism - Ben Dankbaar Restructuring in the Automobile Industry S...
