This article reviews and consolidates the most recent literature on comparative institutional
analysis, and links this to endemic crises, continuities, bounded diversity and change in …

While the marginalization of unions and the hegemony of neo‐liberalism in many of the
advanced societies challenged the raison d'etre of industrial relations (IR), the revival of …

China's international engagement is changing geopolitical dynamics to an extent that
Western governments appear concerned. Negative reports of this engagement in Africa …

This paper constructs alternative balanced scorecards based on high‐performance work
system (HPWS) and employment relations system (ERS) models. The models are depicted …

Industrial relations is as relevant in emerging economies as it is in developed economies.
The five emerging economies that are the subject of this volume‒Brazil, China, India, South …

This volume contains country studies of the historical development and current practice of
human resource management (HRM) in seventeen nations across the world. Each chapter …

There is a very extensive body of literature on how multinationals manage their people in
different national contexts. However, the bulk of this literature focuses on the case of …

This paper investigates local trade union influence on temporary agency work (TAW) in four
Belgian and German workplaces. It argues that the union's capacity to influence the job …

High‐performance work systems (HPWSs) are seen as important in hel** strengthen
competitive strategies of developed‐country multinational enterprises (DC MNEs) …

Employment relations scholars argue that industrial relations institutions reduce low pay
among the workforce, while the insider-outsider literature claims that unions contribute to …