During the 1980s, Italian industrial relations reached the threshold of maturity. In this context, academic studies gained greater independence, without, however, establishing a separate discipline. After a survey of ...

Which occupational groups are covered by collective bargaining agreements today and which are not? To what extent do differences between occupational groups have an impact on the differences in collective bargaining coverage ...

Although there has been a revival of interest in comparative industrial relations analysis, much of the current debate continues to juxtapose convergent and divergent trajectories and search for factors which might explain ...

Industrial relations issues have recently become critical to the survival of airlines and the structure of the industry in Europe. The author analyses the impact of deregulation and deep economic recession on the traditionally ...

This article examines changing employment relations in British and Danish banking. The analytical focus is the relative balance of convergent and divergent tendencies when nationally distinct institutional systems are ...

The Nordic countries have a long tradition of joint consultation and cooperation at workplace and company level. This article presents and compares the findings of studies in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden on the ...

This article highlights the absence of explicit reference to training for European works councillors in both the 1994 Directive and its transposed form in national legislation. Analysis of `Article 13' voluntary agreements ...