Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Programme Committee -- Chairmen -- Discussants -- Part I. Fundamental Problems and the Epistemology of Value Research -- Fundamental Values of Western Democracies / Schwan, Alexander -- The Explanation of Values. Problems and Approaches / Opp, Karl-Dieter -- Taking on Ayres. Values: On the Possibility of a Convergence Between Economic and Non-Economic Decision-Making / Wilson, H. T. -- Part II. Societal and Political Perspectives of Value Change -- Value Change in the Uncertain 1970's / Inglehart, Ronald -- Social Change and the Political Culture of Problem-Posing in Advanced Industrial Societies : The Case of Canada / Bell, David V. J. -- Changing Values and the Politics of the Quality of Life / Stevenson, H. M. / Ornstein, M. D. -- Social Value Change and Economic Development: Idiosyncrasies and Non-Linearities / Goldstaub, Jesse -- Part III. Values, External Exchange Processes and the Employment Relationship -- A. Value Systems and External Exchange Processes -- Relationships Between Social Values, the Education System and the Structure and Performance of Labour Markets / Weiermair, Klaus -- Social Organization and Changing Consumer Values / Mayer, Robert N. / Nicosia, Francesco M. -- Possibilities and Limits of Influencing Consumer Behavior / Reber, Gerhard -- B. Industrial Relations -- Theoretical Dilemmas and Value Analysis in Comparative Industrial Relations / Shalev, Michael -- Price, Power, Social Justice and Other Union Values / Barbash, Jack -- A Theory of Employer Attitudes and Behaviour Towards Trade Unions in Western Europe and North America / Adams, Roy J. -- The Nonwage Impact of Unions / Rose, Joseph B. -- The German Model of Codetermination: Programmatic Perspectives, Confrontative Issues and Prospective Developments / Säcker, Franz-Jürgen -- C. Industrial Democracy and Quality of Worklife -- The Co-Determination and Quality of Work Life Movements Compared / Nightingale, Donald V. -- Management and Quality of Worklife: A Clash of Values? / Jick, Todd D. -- D. Social and Economic Rationale of Organization-Internal Labour Markets -- Bridges Over Contested Terrain: Exploring the Radical Account of the Employment Relationship / Goldberg, Victor P. -- The Employment Relationship as a Form of Socio-Economic Exchange / Keenoy, Tom -- Divergence and Convergence in Industrial Organizations: The Japanese Case / Marsh, Robert M. / Mannari, Hiroshi -- Changing Values and the Future of the Employment Relationship / Burke, Ronald J. -- Part IV. Values and Management Process - Cross-National Comparisons -- Sources of Influence on Managers' Value Dimension Structure, Value Dimension Intensity, and Decisions / Whitely, William -- Bureaucratic Structures in Cross-National Perspective: A Study of British, Japanese, and Swedish Firms / Horvath, Dezsö / Azumi, Koya / Hickson, David J. / McMillan, Charles J. -- The Meaning of Working / Mow-International Research Team -- Social Responsibility of Business Firms and Social Reporting / Jaggi, Bikki -- Part V. Value Changes and Conflict Management -- The Relationship Between Changing Value Systems, Conflicts, and Conflict-Handling in the Enterprise Sector / Dlugos, Günter -- Values and Conflict Behavior. An Exploration of Conceptual Relationships / Dorow, Wolfgang -- Dynamization of Employees' Goal Criteria / Wondracek, Jochen -- Change of Leadership Style in German Enterprises: From Authoritative to Participative Leadership? / Grunwald, Wolfgang / Lilge, Hans-Georg -- Part VI. Values and Organizational Processes in Different Countries -- Changing Business Values and Management Concepts - The German Experience / Dierkes, Meinolf / Berthoin Antal, Ariane -- Work Motivation and Canadian Bicultural Context / Kanungo, Rabindra N. -- Social Values and Management Innovation: The Case of Japan / McMillan, Charles J. -- Ambiguity of Managerial Values in Self-Management / Pusić, Eugen -- Societal Values Affecting the Level of Leadership Creativity in Polish Economic Organizations / Wielicki, Tomasz -- Subject Indexweiterlesen