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... is UK‐owned. Although inevitably incomplete and over‐simplified stereotypes, nonetheless, from these, it is possible to hypothesise that worker wellbeing in French‐, German‐, Japanese‐ and US‐owned multinational workplaces operating in the UK is greater than or less than worker wellbeing...

...Tony Royle This paper focuses on the employment practices of both multinational corporations (MNCs) and large national competitors in the German fast‐food industry, such as Burger King, Pizza Hut, Nordsee, McDonald’s, Churrasco and Blockhaus. The paper poses a number of questions. Have...

...Jan Kees Looise; Michiel Drucker The internationalisation of enterprises is expected to undermine national systems of employee representation. This paper assesses the extent to which this expectation can be confirmed. Using a survey of Dutch works councils, we compare national, Dutch multinational...

...Peter J. Kidger A study of the impact of globalisation on the structure and management of multinational enterprises, based upon research into twenty‐four manufacturing MNEs. Three research questions, developed from the literature, were used as the basis for an investigation into structure, control...

...John Donaldson The contribution of multinational enterprises to wealth creation is evident, but there is much discussion on whether the consequent power is, or ought to be, used responsibly for social and economic ends. In employment relations, although international standards have long been...

... . , ISBN: ISBN 0‐415‐20787‐8   £18.99 (pbk) © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Multinationals Globalization Corporate culture Industrial relations Employee relations Europe Tony Royle’s text joins a growing list of texts examining both McDonald’s and the McDonalization thesis...

...Anne‐Wil Harzing Aims to get a clearer picture of why multinational companies (MNCs) send out expatriates. Identifies three organisational functions of international transfers: position filling, management development and coordination and control. Based on an empirical study with results from 212...

...John Stirling; Ian Fitzgerald This article presents the results of a survey of European Works Council (EWC) delegates in multinational companies in the North East of England. It uses empirical data from a postal questionnaire and interviews with all regional representatives to analyse the key issue...

.... National institutional arrangements can still constrain the employment relations policies of multinational enterprises (MNEs). However, this analysis supports the notion that there is a growing diversity within national systems increasingly explained by MNE policies and practices. This does not necessarily...

... of multinational corporations in an era of disturbances to existing national industrial relations regimes. In particular, the article addresses the concerns raised by commentators who adopt the position that EWCs may undermine traditional forms of joint regulation and, consequently, reinforce the development...

.... It also draws on comparative data from Japan and North America. The study focuses on two industries ‐ consumer electronics and autos ‐ and uses a variety of methodologies. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Electronics industry Japan Motor industry Multinationals Production Supervisors The term...

...Erik Innes; Jonathan Morris In the 1980s there was a growing debate surrounding the impact of multinational corporations (MNCs) on employee relations, particularly in the UK. Furthers this research with an empirical study of the employee relations practices of three groups of MNCs (US, Japanese...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1994 Collective bargaining European Commission European Council Industrial relations Labour market Maastrict Treaty Multinationals Trade unions Social policy has been a source of deep friction inside the EU for the past decade or so. At root, the issue has...

... manufacturing plants in all parts of the globe. It can be seen as an“ethnocentric” multinational company[ 18 ] for Toyota appears to retain a degree of control at the centre where high wage, value‐added activities take place (design,research and strategic planning, among others) while using essentially remote...

... management Multinationals Recruitment Selection Training Employee Relations 14,4 38 Human Resource Management in Greece Nancy Papalexandris Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Introduction As the end of 1992 approaches, efforts to meet the challenge of the Single European Market...