... Europe The majority (61.2%) of the world’s employed population have their main employment in the undeclared economy, with 39.7% of all employees worldwide in undeclared waged employment and 86.1% of all own-account workers operating in the undeclared economy (ILO, 2018). Indeed, of those working...

... and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Employee behaviour Europe...

...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...

... Brandl can be contacted at: bernd.brandl@durham.ac.uk 03 04 2017 05 12 2017 15 12 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Cooperation Europe Complexity Trade unions Microfoundations It is well documented...

... 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...

... Industrial relations Decision making Europe It is widely agreed in the literature that European works councils (EWCs) offer the most advanced experiences of workers' representation in the ongoing process of Europeanization of industrial relations. These bodies provide an institutional basis...

... 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...

...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...

... resource 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...

...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 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...

... 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 Like most organizations, the structures of labor unions are largely dependent...

... management Industrial relations Europe The paper examines the problem of trust in European works councils (EWCs). In that context, it looks at how worker representatives, their identity choices and their corresponding role performances within the forms go on to influence the development of multiple...

... 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...

... socialist countries had to come forward with a renewed progressive ideology if they wanted to survive the political changes. The political changes that took place in Central‐ and Eastern Europe and in the former USSR brought independence and democracy to the nations and led to the dismantling...

... and increasing the real purchasing power of graphical workers, and/or their employment security by negotiating the implementation of employment creation measures such as reductions in working time. For example, the 1999 AGM of the former EGF passed a motion entitled “Creating employment in Europe – reducing...