Employee Relations: Volume 30 Issue 2

Negotiations at multinational company level?

John Gennard

The purpose of this editorial is to examine the internal procedure for negotiations at multinational company level devised by the European Metalworkers Federation.

Employee responses to acquisitions: evidence from Greek firms

Irene Nikandrou, Nancy Papalexandris

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors affecting the course of action that employees in acquired firms choose to follow. Loyalty, compliance, voice and neglect (LCVN…

The new covenant of employability

Marilyn Clarke, Margaret Patrickson

Changing career patterns and the erosion of job security have led to a growing emphasis on employability as a basis for career and employment success. The written and…

Contributions of self and organisational efficacy expectations to commitment: A fourfold typology

Mark van Vuuren, Menno D.T. de Jong, Erwin R. Seydel

The purpose of the paper is to investigate the main and combined effects of self‐efficacy and organisational efficacy on three dimensions of organisational commitment. A fourfold…

To move or not to move?: The relationship between career management and preferred career moves

Ans De Vos, Koen Dewettinck, Dirk Buyens

The purpose of this paper is to explore professional employees' career move preferences and the impact of both individual and organizational career management. Departing from…

Culture against cohesion: Global corporate strategy and employee diversity in the UK plant of a German MNC

Fiona Moore, Chris Rees

The purpose of this paper is to highlight employee diversity at the workplace level in a MNC, and consider its impact upon management attempts to promote a global corporate…

A changing arena of industrial relations in China: What is happening after 1978

Kan Wang

The purpose of this paper is to study the evolution of Chinese industrial relations after the market reform of 1978, while basing its arguments and conclusion on analysis of the…