International comparative employee relations : the role of culture and language /: the role of culture and language. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Karl Koch (Emeritus Professor of Modern Languages, Business School, London South Bank University, UK and Visiting Professor, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China) and Pietro Manzella (Senior Research Fellow, Association for International and Comparative Studies in the field of Labour Law and Industrial Relations (ADAPT, www.adapt.it), Italy).
• Editors: Koch, Karl; Manzella, Pietro
• Other Names: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
• Contents: Foreword / by Richard Hyman -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The language and culture perspective in employee relations / Karl Koch and Pietro Manzella -- Part I: Comparative employee relations in context -- 1: Employee relations in context: Globalization, uncertainties, and dynamics of change / Aurora Trif and Valentina Paolucci -- 2: Comparative employee relations: An overview of contemporary developments and scholarship / Chris Brewster -- 3: A new approach: The incorporation of culture, language and translation elements in comparative employee relations / Pietro Manzella and Karl Koch -- Part II: Employee relations in the national context -- 4: Employee relations and harmony in China / Jing Xi -- 5: Culture, language and translation in comparative employee relations: The case of the Italian caporalato / Pietro Manzella -- 6: Plant-level employee representation in Germany: Is the german works council a management stooge or the representative voice of the workforce? / Michael Whittall and Rainer Trinczek -- 7: Individualism, democracy and conflict in the USA / Peter Norlander -- 8: Fragmented democracy and employee participation in nigeria / John Opute -- 9: Exploring 'bundles' of employment practices: Culture, language and translation perspectives / Susanne Tietze -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 658.315; Industrial relations; International business enterprises -- Employees; Industrial relations; International business enterprises -- Employees; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1788973224; 9781788973229
• Notes: Note: Description based on print record.
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