Employee Relations in Foreign-Owned Subsidiaries: German Multinational Companies in the UK

by H. Tüselmann, F. McDonald, A. Heise, M. Allen, S. Voronkova

Overview

Uses new research to examine performance implications of different employee relations in German firms in the UK, Are they using the liberal institutional system for employee relations in the UK to escape the heavily regulated system in Germany? The authors explore best practice approaches common to the best performing subsidiaries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230006966
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/18/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

HEINZ-JOSEF TÜSSELMANN is Professor of International Business at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK.

FRANK MCDONALD is Professor of International Business at Bradford University School of Management, UK.

ARNE HEISE is Professor of Macro-Economics at the University of Hamburg, Germany.

MATTHEW ALLEN is Senior Lecturer in International Business at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK.

SVITLANA VORONKOVA is Lecturer in Business Studies at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Table of Contents

Institutional Environments and Employee Relations in Germany Overview of Employee Relations in Germany and the UK Employee Relations in Multinational Corporations Firm Performance and Employee Relations Voice in Employee Relations Systems Data and Methodology The Characteristics of Voice Mechanisms in German Subsidiaries Voice Mechanisms and Performance Conclusions, and Policy Implications