Deregulation of the German industrial relations system via foreign direct investment: Are the subsidiaries of Anglo-Saxon MNCs a threat for the institutions of industrial democracy in Germany?

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 349-377

  Schmitt, Matthias ^a,b  

^a Inst Labour Law/Indust Rel EC   (Germany)

^b Department for Economic Policy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collective bargaining; Germany; Globalization; Multinationals; Works councils

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042667211     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X030243003     Document Type: Review

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