Koji OKUBAYASHI Kobe University Rokkodai – Cho Nada, Kobe Hyogo 657 JAPAN     INTRODUCTION: It has been that “Lifetime Employment“, “Seniority Wage System“ and “Enterprise Union“ are the main characteristics of Japanese management, which brought the “Japanese Miracles“ of high economic growth in 1950´s and 1960´s. These three characteristics are called the „Three Sacreds“ […]

             Mirella DAMIANI Lecturer in Economics Faculty of Political Sciences University of Perugia Via Pascoli 20, 06123 Perugia ITALY ABSTRACT: Over the last decade increasing attention has been paid to the degree of centralization of the wage bargaining schemes as one of the main determining factors of the labor market […]

Heinz – Jozef TUSELMANN Stefanie Obenhaupt International Business Unit Manchester Metropolitan University UNITED KINGDOM     ABSTRACT   The paper examines the current tensions in the much debated German model of employee relations and especially the sectoral system of collective bargaining. It assesses how, if and to what extent the German model with its proven […]

Wei-Ju A JIN Lincoln School of Management University of Lincolnshire and Humberside Lincoln, LN 2 5QF UNITED KINGDOM INTRODUCTION Despite the overwhelming Western pressure to converge with the so – called developed countries, China seems to be determined to proceed with its open – door modernization program while sticking to its contemporary socialist beliefs. With […]