Can cross-border bargaining coordination work? Analytical reflections and evidence from the metal industry in Germany and Austria

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-237

  Traxler, Franz ^a   Brandl, Bernd ^a   Glassner, Vera ^a   Ludvig, Alice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Universität Wien ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Collective bargaining; European monetary union; Europeanization; Pattern bargaining; Transnational bargaining coordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149117435     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680108089192     Document Type: Article

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