... at: c.c.williams@sheffield.ac.uk 22 12 2020 22 04 2021 23 04 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Informal economy Labour markets Self-employment Institutional theory Public policy Europe From the 1970s...

... Europe Multinational companies Employees Organizational change Qualitative methods The research field of talent management (TM) has received a remarkable degree of academic and practitioner interest (Collings et al., 2019 ; Collings and Isichei, 2018 ; De Boeck et al...

...Richard Hyman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to perform a systematic cross-country comparison of key features of industrial relations in Europe in a context where consolidated post-war institutions are under attack on many fronts. The author discusses a number of key similarities...

... is there any (empirical) evidence for an “invisible hand” which “guides” common development in all countries. Quite the opposite, this behaviour appears to emerge from the bottom-up. Against the background that, first, industrial relations institutions, processes and actors in Europe are still very...

... various recommendations based on complementarities between being an employee and using lifelong e-learning systems as a way for improving employment security. Originality/value This is one of the first studies to provide evidence of the relationship between e-learning and job security in Europe...

... strategies multinational corporations foster inequality across different workplaces across borders and how do trade unions in Europe respond to it? Design/methodology/approach This paper is a conceptual one and it is based on existing qualitative comparative research developed by the author. Findings...

...) develop re‐emigration strategies in their first country of settlement in Europe when faced with structural or conjunctural barriers to the advancement of their socio‐economic situation. Design/methodology/approach Empirical evidence was collected through structured interviews aimed at capturing labour...

... transnational coordination under the regime of cross‐border competition and, in particular, its transnational implications for employment regulation in multinationals in Europe. The paper is based on evidence from the metal sector at the European Union level in the direction of establishing a framework...

... of the transnational corporation, conceived as a political complex with different interests struggling for increased influence and resources. Works councils Transnational companies Industrial relations Decision making Europe The recent revision of the European directive on information and consultation...

... and negatively influence career development and job security, while being influenced by employment sector and educational background. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Organizational change Total quality management Middle managers Careers Service industries Europe A number...

...A. Psychogios; L. Szamosi; G. Wood; Colin C. Williams Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the nature of undeclared work in South East Europe and the rest of the European Union and in doing so, to evaluate critically the validity of depicting the character of undeclared...

... management Romania Europe Best practice We can talk of Public Administration in Romania since 1866 – in modern terms, that is. This was the date when Charles I of the Hohenzollern‐Sigmaringen dynasty accepted the Romanian crown and adopted the first Constitution of Romania. Over the intervening...

...A. Psychogios; L. Szamosi; G. Wood; Alexandros G. Psychogios; Leslie T. Szamosi; Geoffrey Wood Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the employment relations context in South Eastern Europe from a variety of capitalism perspectives. Particular attention is accorded to the uneven nature...

... and Eastern Europe. Design/methodology/approach Data derived from the European Values Study 1999/2000 is being utilised, which provides detailed information not only on job satisfaction and socio‐demographic characteristics, but also on individuals' subjective views, beliefs and important job attributes...

... member states' government continue to have a higher priority for the economic Europe (for example, labour market flexibility) than the social Europe (the establishment of workers' rights). This view has been enforced in that the EU Commission has been tardy in its revision of the working time and the EWC...

... has long been called for. The present study meets both of these criteria. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Democracy Trade unions Europe Organizational structures Acquisitions and megers Central to the hypothesis of the present study is the notion that when either...

... of being both systematic and useful in the study of industrial relations in Europe. The first section offers a very short history of social dialogue leading up to the Directive on the establishment of EWCs for the purposes of informing and consulting employees. The second section draws from 19...

... affiliates in Central and Eastern Europe adapt to operating in a market economy. Findings The paper suggests that attitudes, perceptions and aspirations have changed, both amongst the newly democratised trade unions of the CEEC countries, and the trade unions in the West. Trade union education...

... to enhance working peoples quality of life in Hungary. Hungary Trade unions Employee relations Works councils Europe In the 1970s and 1980s, during the so‐called “Kádár‐regime” unions were an integral part of political power in Hungary. The communist regime guaranteed that unions had the right...

...). Collective bargaining Co‐ordination Europe The content of the UEG Guidelines on the European co‐ordination of collective bargaining with national graphical employers' organisations rests on seven pillars – the provision of information, online network, social dialogue, regional collective bargaining...