Waddington / Conchon Board Level Employee Representation in Europe

Power and Articulation
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-317-64813-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 298 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

Board Level Employee Representation in Europe analyses the role, activities and impact of board level employee representatives in seventeen European countries and their counterparts operating in companies that have adopted European status. Board level employee representation is viewed as a key element of worker participation and information and consultation arrangements in continental Europe, but there has been no international comparative research that establishes what board level employee representatives do and how their activities vary between countries.

Based on a large-scale survey distributed to board level employees (circa 4,500 respondents), this study identifies the personal characteristics and industrial location of board level employee representatives, what they do, how they interact with other parties within the company, and their relations with institutions outside of the company. This study rectifies a shortfall at a time when policy makers are debating the future of board level employee representation and whether it would be appropriate to introduce legislation at European Union level.

Board Level Employee Representation in Europe allows direct comparisons between countries for the first time, as the same survey instrument has been employed in all the participating countries. The research findings demonstrate a large variation in what constitutes board level employee representation; among these are the practices of the board, including the agenda relations between board level employee representatives and parties within and external to the company, and the pattern of influence of board level employee representatives on strategic company decision-making.

Aimed at researchers and policymakers alike, this book makes a vital contribution to the field, and will be the definitive piece of work on board-level representation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Waddington, Jeremy

Conchon, Aline

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. Setting the Scene 2: The Situation de jure: The Regulation of Board Level Employee Representation in Context 3. The Morphology of Board-level Employee Representation 4 The Board Agenda and Processes 5. The Exercise of Power at the Board 6. The Articulation of Board-Level Employee Representation 7. Conclusion: What Does All This Mean?

Über Autor(innen)

Jeremy Waddington is Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Manchester and the Project Coordinator for the European Trade Union Institute, Brussels.

Aline Conchon is a Researcher at the European Trade Union Institute, Brussels.