Table of Contents
Frontmatter — Preface — Contents — Contributors — Introduction — A. The Future of the Working Society — The Future of the Working Society — Labour as Factor of Production or Yardstick for Distribution — B. Theoretical Approaches to the Analysis of Management Employee Relations — The Employment Relation from the Transactions Cost Perspective — Asset Specificity, Governance, and the Employment Relation — An Evolutionary View on Changes in Employment Relationships: The Evolution of Organizational Control in the United States — X-Efficiency, Managerial Discretion, and the Nature of Employment-Relations: A Game-Theoretical Approach — Management from an Institutional/Biological Perspective — The Analysis of the Employer Employee Relationship from the Perspective of the Business Politics Approach — C. Management and Labour Market Systems — Work Ethics in Transition — The Inflexibility of Labour-Market Related Institutions - Some Observations for Germany — Social Boundaries of Labor Markets — Labour Market Rigidities: Economic Analysis of Alternative Work Schedules Including Overtime Restrictions — The Impact of Environmental Trends on the Legitimacy of Trade Unions in Canada — The Role of Management in a Political Conception of Industrial Relation Level of the Enterprise — Management Between "Old" and "New" Production Concepts and Its Dependence on Factors in the System of Vocational Training and Employment — The Changing Nature of Industrial Relations in the UK and Its Impact on Management Behaviour — Trends in the Development of Industrial Democracy in Greece and Their Impact on Management Discretion — Future Trends in the Greek Labour Market — Employment Policy in the USSR - Limitations on Enterprises' Personnel and Wage Policies — The Development of the Labour Market in Poland - Restrictions for Management — The Changing Industrial Relations Scene in Japan and Its Impact on Managerial Behavior — The Flexibility of Labor Market in Japan — D. Management and Employment Systems — Employee Participation by Codetermination, Labor Law, and Collective Bargaining — Predicting Austrian Leader Behavior from a Measure of Behavioral Intent: A Cross-Cultural Replication — The Changing Face of Personnel Management — Part-Time Labor: Causes and Consequences for Managerial Discretion — The Adjustment of Workers and Hours to Changes in Product Demand — Educational Expansion, Change in Organizational Structures, and Managerial Discretion — Anti-Discrimination Legislation and Its Impact on the Employment Relationship: The Case of Affirmative Action and Equal Pay — Employee Severance - Regulations and Procedures — Measures for the Activation of Employees in Poland and the Limitations of These Measures — Forms of Employment and Payment Under Conditions of Manpower Shortage in Poland — The Impact of Increased Utilisation of Microelectronics on Employment, Production Process, and Job Organisation- The Japanese Viewpoint — 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 — Potential Constraints Upon Management Action as a Function of National Work Meanings and Patterns - Germany, Japan, and the USA — Chances for Flexibility in Cooperation Between Company Management and Works Councils — Reconciling Efficiency and Equity in the Employment Relationship — Subject Index — Backmatter
