@article{2005:singe:us_multin,
title = {US Multi-Nationals and the German Industrial Relations System},
year = {2005},
note = {This paper critically reviews literature on the behaviour of US-based
Multi National Companies (MNCs) in Germany in relation to the historic
institutions of the German labour market: works councils and industry
wide collective bargaining. The German system is becoming increasingly
company-rather than sectorally centred, and US-based companies have
reinforced a wing of German employer opinion seeking to further these
developments. Surveys show US-based companies generally accepting
works councils and sectoral bargains but case study evidence also
shows them seeking to weaken links with parts of the system external
to the company. A typology is proposed and it is argued that many
US-based companies appear to follow a 'formal compliance/content
avoidance dichotomy' tending to exacerbate the system's existing
tendencies towards disarticulation. They also tend to explore all
options available to them within the existing system. A research
agenda is suggested.},
journal = {mrev management revue},
pages = {123--137},
author = {Singe, Ingo and Croucher, Richard},
volume = {16},
number = {1}
}