Shaping Pay in Europe: A Stakeholder Approach

«Shaping Pay in Europe: A Stakeholder Approach» focuses on pay systems applied in the European Union. Giving due attention to the institutional setting of the European pay systems, the book discusses how European companies may approach pay as an integral part of their operational and strategic framework. Pay is an important topic for several stakeholders on the labour market. The book discusses the perspectives of various stakeholders – employees, employers, trade unions, and employer associations – on the issue of pay. Secondary analysis of earlier statistical studies and new empirical material on European pay systems is also presented in the book.
The book also aims at contributing to a better understanding of pay systems. If one wants to understand the various pay systems of a company, which pay elements and pay characteristics should one focus on? Which are the essential pay characteristics shaping an individual’s pay and how could these characteristics be studied or audited? The book provides answers to both questions by presenting a practical, yet sophisticated model of essential pay characteristics.

The Editors: Conny Herbert Antoni has a B.A. of Kalamazoo College, MI, USA, and a Ph.D. from the University of Mannheim. He is the professor for Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Trier. His research interests include reward and performance management, socio-technical system design and organizational development.
Xavier Baeten holds a university degree in Applied Economics (Ghent University) and a special degree in Tax (Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School). He is a manager at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, and responsible for the school’s activities on reward management.
Ben J.M. Emans is an associate professor in HRM and Organizational Behaviour at the faculty of Management and Organization of the University of Groningen. His research interests and publications are all in the field of organizational behaviour.
Mari Kira has a M.Sc. and Lic.Sc. degrees from the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, and a Ph.D. degree from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. She has also worked as a European Commission Marie Curie Fellow at University of Kassel, Germany. Her research interests include sustainability in work organizations and reward system development.