National Labour Relations in Internationalized Markets: A Comparative Study of Institutions, Change and Performance

This book presents and examines evidence and theories about changing patterns of industrial relations and their links to convergence on the one hand, and economic competitiveness on the other. It includes a comprehensive set of comparable date on industrial relations in twenty OECD countries including Australia, the United States, Canada, Japan, and most leading European countries.

Franz Traxler is Professor of Industrial Sociology at the Institute of Sociology, University of Vienna where he has been since 1992. From 1993 to 1997 he was also the President of the Austrian Sociological Association and Consultant of the OECD, Paris, and the ILO, Geneva. Previous academic positions have included Senior Lecturer of the Federal Academy of Public Administration (1985-92) and Assistant Professor, University of Economics, Vienna (1976-85). Sabine Blaschke is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Sociology, University of Vienna. She has previously been a Research Assistant at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna (1992-5) and Junior Assistant Professor at the Institute of Sociology, University of Vienna (1995-7). Bernhard Kittel is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Sociology, University of Vienna. He has previously been both a Research Assistant (1994-6) and a Junior Assistant Professor (1995-6) within this same institute.