Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • A. The Future of the Working Society
  • The Future of the Working Society / Fiirstenberg, Friedrich
  • Labour as Factor of Production or Yardstick for Distribution / Blum, Reinhard
  • B. Theoretical Approaches to the Analysis of Management Employee Relations
  • The Employment Relation from the Transactions Cost Perspective / Picot, Arnold / Wenger, Ekkehard
  • Asset Specificity, Governance, and the Employment Relation / Putterman, Louis
  • An Evolutionary View on Changes in Employment Relationships: The Evolution of Organizational Control in the United States / Staber, Udo / Aldrich, Howard
  • X-Efficiency, Managerial Discretion, and the Nature of Employment-Relations: A Game-Theoretical Approach / Leibenstein, Harvey / Weiermair, Klaus
  • Management from an Institutional/Biological Perspective / Wheeler, Hoyt N.
  • The Analysis of the Employer Employee Relationship from the Perspective of the Business Politics Approach / Dlugos, Gtinter / Dorow, Wolfgang / Danesy, Frank C.
  • C. Management and Labour Market Systems
  • Work Ethics in Transition / Striimpel, Burkhard
  • The Inflexibility of Labour-Market Related Institutions
  • Some Observations for Germany / Walter, Norbert
  • Social Boundaries of Labor Markets / Endruweit, Günter
  • Labour Market Rigidities: Economic Analysis of Alternative Work Schedules Including Overtime Restrictions / Gunderson, Morley / Weiermair, Klaus
  • The Impact of Environmental Trends on the Legitimacy of Trade Unions in Canada / Ondrack, Daniel
  • The Role of Management in a Political Conception of Industrial Relation Level of the Enterprise / Adams, Roy J.
  • Management Between "Old" and "New" Production Concepts and Its Dependence on Factors in the System of Vocational Training and Employment / Osterloh, Margit
  • The Changing Nature of Industrial Relations in the UK and Its Impact on Management Behaviour / Marchington, Mick
  • Trends in the Development of Industrial Democracy in Greece and Their Impact on Management Discretion / Nikolopoulos, Andreas
  • Future Trends in the Greek Labour Market / Stathopoulos, Athanasios N.
  • Employment Policy in the USSR
  • Limitations on Enterprises' Personnel and Wage Policies / Gramatzki, Hans-Erich
  • The Development of the Labour Market in Poland
  • Restrictions for Management / Kortan, Jerzy
  • The Changing Industrial Relations Scene in Japan and Its Impact on Managerial Behavior / Marsh, Robert M. / Mannari, Hiroshi
  • The Flexibility of Labor Market in Japan / Murata, Minoru
  • D. Management and Employment Systems
  • Employee Participation by Codetermination, Labor Law, and Collective Bargaining / Nutzinger, Hans G.
  • Predicting Austrian Leader Behavior from a Measure of Behavioral Intent: A Cross-Cultural Replication / Bohnisch, Wolf / Ragan, James W. / Reber, Gerhard / Jago, Arthur G.
  • The Changing Face of Personnel Management / Staehle, Wolfgang H.
  • Part-Time Labor: Causes and Consequences for Managerial Discretion / Weiermair, Klaus
  • The Adjustment of Workers and Hours to Changes in Product Demand / Kraf, Kornelius
  • Educational Expansion, Change in Organizational Structures, and Managerial Discretion / Rippe, Wolfgang
  • Anti-Discrimination Legislation and Its Impact on the Employment Relationship: The Case of Affirmative Action and Equal Pay / Wilson, H.T.
  • Employee Severance
  • Regulations and Procedures / Oechsler, Walter A.
  • Measures for the Activation of Employees in Poland and the Limitations of These Measures / Marfan, Lesiaw
  • Forms of Employment and Payment Under Conditions of Manpower Shortage in Poland / Haus, Ber
  • The Impact of Increased Utilisation of Microelectronics on Employment, Production Process, and Job Organisation- The Japanese Viewpoint / Takahashi, Yoshiaki
  • E. Comparisons and Possibilities in the Development of Labour Market and Employment Systems
  • A Comparative Analysis of Worker Participation in the United States and Europe / Jaggi, Bikki
  • Potential Constraints Upon Management Action as a Function of National Work Meanings and Patterns
  • Germany, Japan, and the USA / England, George W.
  • Chances for Flexibility in Cooperation Between Company Management and Works Councils / Zander, Ernst
  • Reconciling Efficiency and Equity in the Employment Relationship / Crispo, John
  • Subject Index
  • Backmatter