Employee Relations in Foreign-Owned Subsidiaries: German Multinational Companies in the UK

Uses new research to examine performance implications of different employee relations in German firms in the UK, Are they using the liberal institutional system for employee relations in the UK to escape the heavily regulated system in Germany? The authors explore best practice approaches common to the best performing subsidiaries.

HEINZ-JOSEF TÜSSELMANN is Professor of International Business at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK.

FRANK MCDONALD is Professor of International Business at Bradford University School of Management, UK.

ARNE HEISE is Professor of Macro-Economics at the University of Hamburg, Germany.

MATTHEW ALLEN is Senior Lecturer in International Business at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK.

SVITLANA VORONKOVA is Lecturer in Business Studies at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.