Europeanization of Industrial Relations in the Service Sector

Stefan Rüb works as a senior researcher at the University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany. He is a founding member of the European and Global Industrial Relations Research Group at the University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany.Hans-Wolfgang Platzer has been Professor in the Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies at the University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany since 1992. He holds the Jean Monnet Chair of European Integration, ad personam and is Director of the European and Global Industrial Relations Research Group at the University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany.

• Contents: UNI Europa and the policy field of transnational companies – Accelerated development of European industrial relations after the establishment of an SE: The case of Allianz – The scope and limits of extending a national model into the European space: The case of AXA – Continuous development and differentiation of transnational industrial relations: The case of IKEA – The development of European industrial relations: Kering – Temporary surge of European industrial relations triggered by a dispute: The case of MM Packaging – A great leap forward in European industrial relations: Post-acquisition developments in the case of DS Smith – European company industrial relations in the service sector: Findings, challenges, perspectives – The service sector and the Europeanization of industrial relations: Challenges and perspectives.

« [...] this book is likely to give more ideas and insights than the authors preconceived.»(Stan de Spiegelaere, British Journal of Industrial Relations 2016)