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The German model of employee relations on trial: negotiated and unilaterally imposed change in multi‐national companies
Author(s) -
Williams Karen,
Geppert Mike
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2006.00389.x
Subject(s) - german , subsidiary , multinational corporation , german model , business , industrial relations , business administration , economic system , industrial organization , management , economics , finance , archaeology , history
ABSTRACT This article investigates the effects of negotiated and unilaterally imposed change on employee relations in the German subsidiaries of a Finnish and a German multi‐national company (MNC). We look at how the strategies affect the sustainability of the current German model of employee relations and highlight some of the disadvantages of this model for global MNCs.