Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- A. The Future of the Working Society -- The Future of the Working Society / Fiirstenberg, Friedrich -- Labour as Factor of Production or Yardstick for Distribution / Blum, Reinhard -- B. Theoretical Approaches to the Analysis of Management Employee Relations -- The Employment Relation from the Transactions Cost Perspective / Picot, Arnold / Wenger, Ekkehard -- Asset Specificity, Governance, and the Employment Relation / Putterman, Louis -- An Evolutionary View on Changes in Employment Relationships: The Evolution of Organizational Control in the United States / Staber, Udo / Aldrich, Howard -- X-Efficiency, Managerial Discretion, and the Nature of Employment-Relations: A Game-Theoretical Approach / Leibenstein, Harvey / Weiermair, Klaus -- Management from an Institutional/Biological Perspective / Wheeler, Hoyt N. -- The Analysis of the Employer Employee Relationship from the Perspective of the Business Politics Approach / Dlugos, Gtinter / Dorow, Wolfgang / Danesy, Frank C. -- C. Management and Labour Market Systems -- Work Ethics in Transition / Striimpel, Burkhard -- The Inflexibility of Labour-Market Related Institutions - Some Observations for Germany / Walter, Norbert -- Social Boundaries of Labor Markets / Endruweit, Günter -- Labour Market Rigidities: Economic Analysis of Alternative Work Schedules Including Overtime Restrictions / Gunderson, Morley / Weiermair, Klaus -- The Impact of Environmental Trends on the Legitimacy of Trade Unions in Canada / Ondrack, Daniel -- The Role of Management in a Political Conception of Industrial Relation Level of the Enterprise / Adams, Roy J. -- Management Between "Old" and "New" Production Concepts and Its Dependence on Factors in the System of Vocational Training and Employment / Osterloh, Margit -- The Changing Nature of Industrial Relations in the UK and Its Impact on Management Behaviour / Marchington, Mick -- Trends in the Development of Industrial Democracy in Greece and Their Impact on Management Discretion / Nikolopoulos, Andreas -- Future Trends in the Greek Labour Market / Stathopoulos, Athanasios N. -- Employment Policy in the USSR - Limitations on Enterprises' Personnel and Wage Policies / Gramatzki, Hans-Erich -- The Development of the Labour Market in Poland - Restrictions for Management / Kortan, Jerzy -- The Changing Industrial Relations Scene in Japan and Its Impact on Managerial Behavior / Marsh, Robert M. / Mannari, Hiroshi -- The Flexibility of Labor Market in Japan / Murata, Minoru -- D. Management and Employment Systems -- Employee Participation by Codetermination, Labor Law, and Collective Bargaining / Nutzinger, Hans G. -- Predicting Austrian Leader Behavior from a Measure of Behavioral Intent: A Cross-Cultural Replication / Bohnisch, Wolf / Ragan, James W. / Reber, Gerhard / Jago, Arthur G. -- The Changing Face of Personnel Management / Staehle, Wolfgang H. -- Part-Time Labor: Causes and Consequences for Managerial Discretion / Weiermair, Klaus -- The Adjustment of Workers and Hours to Changes in Product Demand / Kraf, Kornelius -- Educational Expansion, Change in Organizational Structures, and Managerial Discretion / Rippe, Wolfgang -- Anti-Discrimination Legislation and Its Impact on the Employment Relationship: The Case of Affirmative Action and Equal Pay / Wilson, H. T. -- Employee Severance - Regulations and Procedures / Oechsler, Walter A. -- Measures for the Activation of Employees in Poland and the Limitations of These Measures / Marfan, Lesiaw -- Forms of Employment and Payment Under Conditions of Manpower Shortage in Poland / Haus, Ber -- The Impact of Increased Utilisation of Microelectronics on Employment, Production Process, and Job Organisation- The Japanese Viewpoint / Takahashi, Yoshiaki -- E. Comparisons and Possibilities in the Development of Labour Market and Employment Systems -- A Comparative Analysis of Worker Participation in the United States and Europe / Jaggi, Bikki -- Potential Constraints Upon Management Action as a Function of National Work Meanings and Patterns - Germany, Japan, and the USA / England, George W. -- Chances for Flexibility in Cooperation Between Company Management and Works Councils / Zander, Ernst -- Reconciling Efficiency and Equity in the Employment Relationship / Crispo, John -- Subject Index -- Backmatterweiterlesen