Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- A. The Future of the Working Society -- The Future of the Working Society -- Labour as Factor of Production or Yardstick for Distribution -- B. Theoretical Approaches to the Analysis of Management Employee Relations -- The Employment Relation from the Transactions Cost Perspective -- Asset Specificity, Governance, and the Employment Relation -- An Evolutionary View on Changes in Employment Relationships: The Evolution of Organizational Control in the United States -- X-Efficiency, Managerial Discretion, and the Nature of Employment-Relations: A Game-Theoretical Approach -- Management from an Institutional/Biological Perspective -- The Analysis of the Employer Employee Relationship from the Perspective of the Business Politics Approach -- C. Management and Labour Market Systems -- Work Ethics in Transition -- The Inflexibility of Labour-Market Related Institutions - Some Observations for Germany -- Social Boundaries of Labor Markets -- Labour Market Rigidities: Economic Analysis of Alternative Work Schedules Including Overtime Restrictions -- The Impact of Environmental Trends on the Legitimacy of Trade Unions in Canada -- The Role of Management in a Political Conception of Industrial Relation Level of the Enterprise -- Management Between "Old" and "New" Production Concepts and Its Dependence on Factors in the System of Vocational Training and Employment -- The Changing Nature of Industrial Relations in the UK and Its Impact on Management Behaviour -- Trends in the Development of Industrial Democracy in Greece and Their Impact on Management Discretion -- Future Trends in the Greek Labour Market -- Employment Policy in the USSR - Limitations on Enterprises' Personnel and Wage Policies -- The Development of the Labour Market in Poland - Restrictions for Management -- The Changing Industrial Relations Scene in Japan and Its Impact on Managerial Behavior -- The Flexibility of Labor Market in Japan -- D. Management and Employment Systems -- Employee Participation by Codetermination, Labor Law, and Collective Bargaining -- Predicting Austrian Leader Behavior from a Measure of Behavioral Intent: A Cross-Cultural Replication -- The Changing Face of Personnel Management -- Part-Time Labor: Causes and Consequences for Managerial Discretion -- The Adjustment of Workers and Hours to Changes in Product Demand -- Educational Expansion, Change in Organizational Structures, and Managerial Discretion -- Anti-Discrimination Legislation and Its Impact on the Employment Relationship: The Case of Affirmative Action and Equal Pay -- Employee Severance - Regulations and Procedures -- Measures for the Activation of Employees in Poland and the Limitations of These Measures -- Forms of Employment and Payment Under Conditions of Manpower Shortage in Poland -- The Impact of Increased Utilisation of Microelectronics on Employment, Production Process, and Job Organisation- The Japanese Viewpoint -- 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 -- Potential Constraints Upon Management Action as a Function of National Work Meanings and Patterns - Germany, Japan, and the USA -- Chances for Flexibility in Cooperation Between Company Management and Works Councils -- Reconciling Efficiency and Equity in the Employment Relationship -- Subject Index -- Backmatter
