Country studies

Austria
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  • Gagawczuk, W., Gahleitner, H., Leitsmüller, H., Preiss, J. and Schneller, H. (2004). Der Aufsichtsrat. Die häufigsten Fragen, Verlag des ÖGB, Vienna.
  • Gahleitner, H. (2013). Mitwirkung im Aufsichtsrat. Grundzüge des Gesellschaftsrechts für Arbeitnehmervertreterinnen II, Verlag des ÖGB, Vienna.
  • Gahleitner, S. and Preiss, J. (2003). The Essentials of corporate law for workers’ representatives II: supervisory board participation. VÖGB and AK Österreich, Vienna.
Croatia
  • Vinković, M. (2014). Works councils in Croatia: A form of the protection of workers’ rights and/or the employer’s interest? In R. Blanpain and N. Lyutov (eds.). Workers’ representation in Central and Eastern Europe. Challenges and opportunities for the works councils’ system. Kluwer law international, Alphen aan den Rijn, pp. 37-51.
Czech Republic
  • Vliegenthart, A. (2008). Transnational Actors and Corporate Governance in ECE: The Case of the EU and the Czech Republic. In J. Pickles and R. Jenkins (eds.). Rethinking the State and Society in Soviet and Post-socialist Economies, Palgrave, London, 47-68.
  • Vliegenthart, A. and Horn, L. (2007). The Role of the EU in the (Trans)formation of Corporate Governance Regulation in Central Eastern Europe – The Case of the Czech Republic. Competition and Change, 1(2): 137-154.
Denmark
  • Christensen, S. and Westenholz, A. (2001). Employee Representatives as Company Strategic Actors in an Enacted World. In G. Winter (ed.) Participatory Ownership and Management in Greenland and Other Artic Regions. Arctic Research Journal, 1: 78-90.
  • Christensen, S. and Westenholz, A. (1999). Boards of Directors as Strategists in an Enacted World – The Danish Case. Journal of Management and Governance, 3(3): 261-286.
  • Christensen, S. and Westenholz, A. (1997). The Social/Behavioral Construction of Employees as Strategic Actors on Company Boards of Directors. American Behavioral Scientist, 40(4): 490-501.
  • Fauerholdt, N. (2014). Medarbejdervalgte bestyrelsesmedlemmer i erhvervsbestyrelser. Ugebrevet A4, Copenhagen.
  • Lavesen, M. and Kragh-Stetting, J. (2011). Håndbog for medarbejderrepræsentanter 2011. Erhvervsskolernes Forlag, Odense.
  • Rimfort, P. and Christy, N. (2012). Medarbejdervalgt I selskabets øverste ledelse. Vejen til indflydelse, CO-industri, Copenhagen.
  • Rose, C. (2005). Medarbejdervalgte bestyrelsesmedlemmer i danske virksomheder. Tidsskrift for Arbejdsliv, 7(3): 34-50.
  • Rose, C. (2008). The Challenges of Employee-Appointed Board Members for Corporate Governance: The Danish Evidence. European Business Organization Law Review, 9(2): 215-235.
  • Rose, C., and Kurt Kvist, H. (2004). Employee directors – What is their say? Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen.
Finland
  • Sairo, K. (2001). Henkilöstön hallintoedustus metalli-ja elektroniikkateollisuuden yrityksissä, report to Metallityöväen Liiton tutkimustoiminnan julkaisuja.
  • Jones, D., Kalmi, P., Kato, T. and Mäkinen, M. (2010). HRM practices and firm performance: evidence from Finnish manufacturing. Aalto University School of Economics, Working Paper No. W-485.
France
  • Auberger, M.-N. and Bouchet J.-P. (2007). Guide de l'administrateur salarie. Cadres CFDT, No. Special 423. France.
  • Auberger M-N. and Conchon, A. (eds.). (2009). Les administrateurs salariés et la gouvernance d’entreprise. La documentation française, coll. Les études, Paris.
  • Barisi G., Burdillat, M. et al. (1985). Une étape dans la démocratisation du secteur public. L’élection de représentants des salariés aux conseils d’administration. Travail et Emploi, 24: 43-50.
  • Barreau, J. (1995). Administrateur salarié et élection. In P. Merle and F. Vatin (eds). La citoyenneté : extension ou régression, PUR, Rennes, pp. 153-164.
  • Barreau, J. (1995). Mode de désignation et représentativité des administrateurs salariés. Les Cahiers des Relations Professionnelles, Decembre, 11, 81-94.
  • Barreau, J. (1990). L’État entrepreneur. Nationalisations, gestion du secteur public concurrentiel, construction européenne (1982-1993), L’Harmattan, Paris, pp. 156-164.
  • Benhamou, S. (2010). Améliorer la gouvernance d’entreprise et la participation des salariés. La documentation Française, coll. Rapports et Documents, No. 27, Paris.
  • Bertin-Mourot, B. and Lapôtre, M. (2003). Gouvernement d’entreprise : fonctionnement des organes de contrôle et rôle des représentants des salariés. CARIS-CFDT, Paris.
  • Burdillat, M. (1985). La démocratisation du secteur public : l’élection des administrateurs salariés, rapport du CRMSI.
  • Collège des Bernardins et al. (2015). Premiers résultats de l’enquête sur les administrateurs salariés.
  • Conchon, A. (2014). Les administrateurs salariés en France. Contribution à une sociologie de la participation des salariés aux décisions de l’entreprise. PhD dissertation, dissertation under the supervision of Michel Lallement and Annette Jobert, Paris, Cnam.
  • Conchon, A. (2013). La participation aux décisions stratégiques de l’entreprise : influence ou pouvoir des administrateurs salariés? Participations, 5: 127-149.
  • Conchon, A. (2008). Quelle régulation collective de la démocratie industrielle? Le cas des administrateurs salariés. Terrains & Travaux, 14: 48-67.
  • Conchon, A. (2006). Übersicht über die Arbeitnehmervertreter mit Stimmberechtigung in den Leitungsorganen der französischen Unternehmen. Research report to Hans Böckler Stiftung.
  • CRMSI. (ed.) (1985). Premier bilan de la démocratisation des conseils d’administration dans le secteur public. Compte-rendu de la journée du 15 novembre.
  • Deslandes, G. and Pompée, J. (1995). Les administrateurs élus dans les entreprises publiques. Recherche CFE-CGC – Agence d’objectifs IRES, Paris.
  • Ginglinger, E., Megginson, W. and Waxin, T. (2011). Employee ownership, board representation, and corporate financial policies. Journal of Corporate Finance, 17(4): 868-887.
  • Gnazale, G., Tchotourian, I. and Violay, L. (2008). Implication des salariés dans la vie de l’entreprise : lorsque le droit pose les fondements d’une nouvelle gouvernance. Université de Montréal, CADI Travaux et publications, prépublication. Available here.
  • Hollandts, X., Guedri, Z. and Aubert, N. (2009). Représentation du travail au conseil d’administration et performance de l’entreprise: une étude empirique sur le SBF 250 (2000-2005). In M.N. Auberger and A. Conchon (eds.). Les administrateurs salariés et la gouvernance d’entreprise. La documentation Française, Paris, pp. 93-101.
  • Ministère du travail. (2015). Bilan de la loi de sécurisation de l’emploi du 14 juin 2013. Available here.
  • Sauviat, C. (2006). Le rôle des salariés dans ma gouvernance des entreprises en France : un débat ancien, une légitimité en devenir. Document de travail de l’IRES, No. 06.02, Paris.
  • TM-Partenaires. (2014). L’administrateur salarié. Premier bilan après la loi de 2013. Regards sur la gouvernance.
Germany
  • Addison, J. (2009). The Economics of Codetermination: Lessons of the German Experience. Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
  • Addison, J. T. and Schnabel, C. (2011). Worker Directors: A German Product that Didn’t Export? Industrial Relations, 50(2): 354-374.
  • Ballerstedt, K. (1977). Das Mitbestimmungsgesetz zwischen Gesellschafts-, Arbeits- und Unternehmensrecht. Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht, 6(2): 133-171.
  • Balsmeier, B., Bermig, A. and Dilger, A. (2013). Corporate governance and employee power in the boardroom: An applied game theoretic analysis. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 91: 51-74.
  • Baums, T. and Frick, B. (1999). The Market Value of the Codetermined Firm. In M. Blair and M. Roe (eds.). Employees and Corporate Governance, The Brookings Institution, Washington DC, pp. 206-235.
  • Bayer, W. (2009). Drittelbeteiligung in Deutschland – Ermittlung von Gesellschaften, die dem DrittelbG unterliegen, Research report to Hans-Böckler Foundation.
  • Bertelsmann Stiftung ans Hans-Böckler-Stiftung. (eds.). (1998). Mitbestimmung und neue Unternehmenskulturen. Bilanz und Perspektiven, Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. Available here.
  • Biedenkopf, K., Streeck, W. and Wissmann, H. (2007). A core element of Europe. Mitbestimmung international edition, 8: 20-25.
  • Biedenkopf, K., Streeck, W. and Wissmann, H. (2006). Kommissions zur Modernisierung der deutschen Unternehmensmitbestimmung. Bericht der wissenschaftlichen Mitglieder der Kommission.
  • Boneberg, F. (2011). The Economic Consequences of one-third Co-determination in German Supervisory Boards: First Evidence for the Service Sector from a New Source of Enterprise Data. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik/Journal of Economics and Statistics, 231(3): 440-457.
  • Debus, M. (2010). Evaluation des Aufsichtsrats: Theoretische Grundlagen und empirische Befunde. Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden.
  • Duran, M. and Pull, K. (2014). Der Beitrag der Arbeitnehmervertreter zur fachlichen und geschlechtlichen Diversität von Aufsichtsräten: Erkenntnisse aus einer qualitativ-explorativen Analyse. Industrielle Beziehungen, 21(4): 329-351.
  • Fauver, L. and Fuerts, M. (2006). Does good corporate governance include employee representation? Evidence from German corporate boards. Journal of Financial Economics, 82(3): 673-710.
  • Feils, D., Liu R. and Sabac, F. (2014). Does employee representation on the board provide a comparative advantage? Evidence from Germany and the United States. Working Paper, Alberta School of Business, Canada.
  • Fetzer T. (2010). Defending Mitbestimmung: German trade unions and European company law regulation (1967-2000). Economic and Industrial Democracy, 31(4): 24-39.
  • FitzRoy, F. and Kraft, K. (2005). Co-Determination, Efficiency, and Productivity. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 43(2): 233-247.
  • Frick, B. and Bermig, A. (2011). Mitbestimmung und Unternehmensperformance: der Einfluss von Arbeitnehmervertreter im Aufsichtsrat auf Unternehmenswert. Die Betriebswirtschaft, 71(3): 281-304.
  • Gerum, E. (2007). Das deutsche Corporate Governance-System. Eine empirische Untersuchung. Schäffer-Poeschel, Stuttgart.
  • Gerum, E. (1998). Mitbestimmung und Corporate Governance. Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh.
  • Gerum, E. and Debus, M. (2006). Die Größe des Aufsichtsrates als rechtspolitisches Problem – Einige empirische Befunde. Marburger Corporate Governance Forschung, Diskussionspapier No. 1.
  • Gerum, E., Steinmann, H. and Fees, W. (1988). Der mitbestimmte Aufsichtsrat. C.E. Poeschel Verlag, Stuttgart.
  • Gerum, E. and Wagner, H. (1998). Economics of Labor Co-Determination in View of Corporate Governance. In K. Hopt, H. Kanda, M. Roe, E. Wymeersch and S. Prigge (eds.). Comparative Corporate Governance. The State of the Art and Emerging Research, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 341-360.
  • Greifenstein, R. and Kißler, L. (2010). Mitbestimmung im Spiegel der Forschung. Sigma Edition, Berlin.
  • Höpner, M. (2004). Unternehmensmitbestimmung unter Beschuss: Die Mitbestimmunsdebatte im Licht der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung. Industrielle Beziehungen, 11(4): 347-379.
  • Höpner, M. and Müllenborn, T. (2010). Mitbestimmung im Unternehmensvergleich. Ein Konzept zur Messung des Einflusspotentiels der Arbeit,ehmervertreter im mitbestimmten Aufsichtsrat. Industrielle Beziehungen, 7(1): 7-29.
  • Jansen, T. (2013). Mitbestimmung in Aufsichtsräten. Springer VS, Wiesbaden.
  • Jansen, T. (2012). Unternehmensmitbestimmung als Arrangement von Politik und Ökonomie. Eine Fallstudie im mitbestimmten Aufsichtsrat. Soziale Welt, 63: 163-181.
  • Jirjahn, U. (2011). Ökonomische Wirkungen der Mitbestimmung. In Deutschland: Ein Update, Schmollers Jahrbuch, 131: 3-57.
  • Jürgens, U. and Lippert, I. (2005). Communication and cooperation in German supervisory boards. How do executive managers evaluate the German codetermination system? Presentation at the SASE Conference, 30 June, Budapest.
  • Jürgens, U., and Lippert I. (2005). Leitende Angestellte im Informations- und Wissensssystem Aufsichtsrat. Industrielle Beziehungen, 12(3): 280-305.
  • Jürgens U. and Lippert, I. (2005). Kommunikation und Wissen im Aufsichtsrat: Voraussetzungen und Kriterien guter Aufsichtsratsarbeit aus der Perspektive leitender Angestellter. WZB discussion paper, No. SP III 2005-301. Available here.
  • Jürgens U., Lippert, I. and Gaeth, F. (2008). Information, Kommunikation und Wissen im Mitbestimmungssystem, Schriften der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Baden-Baden, Nomos.
  • Keller, B. (2008). Industrial relations in Germany. Paper presented at the conference “International trends in industrial relations”, University of Athens, Department of Economics, December.
  • Keller B. and Werner, F. (2010). Industrial democracy from a European Perspective - The Example of SEs. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 31(4) suppl.: 40-54.
  • Kim, A.H., Maug, E. and Schneider, C. (2014). Labor representation in governance as an insurance mechanism. ECGI Finance working paper, No. 411/2014. Available here.
  • Köstler, R., Müller, M. and Sick, S. (2013). Aufsichtsratspraxis. Handbuch für die Arbeitnehmervertreter im Aufsichtsrat, Bund-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main.
  • Kraft, K. (2001). Codetermination as a strategic advantage? Frankfurt am Main: Organization, 19(3-4): 543-566.
  • Kraft, K. and Stank, J. (2004). ie Auswirkungen der gesetzlichen Mitbestimmung auf die Innovationsaktivität deutscher Unternehmen. Schmollers Jahrbuch, 3: 421-449.
  • Kraft, K., Stank, J. and Dewenter, R. (2010). Co-determination and innovation. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 35(1): 145-172.
  • Kraft, K. and Ugarkovic, M. (2006). Gesetzliche Mitbestimmung und Kapitalrendite. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 226(5): 588-604.
  • Lippert, I. (2008). Perspektivenverschiebungen in der Corporate Governance-Neuere Ansätze und Studien der Corporate-Governance-Forschung. WZB discussion paper, No. SP II 2008-302. Available here.
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  • Raabe, N. (2005). Aus dem Aufsichtsratsalltag. Die Mitbestimmung, 52(7): 38-42.
  • Raabe, N. (2004). Die Zukunft der Mitbestimmung. Eine qualitative Studie zur Praxis der Mitbestimmung im Aufsichtsrat, Diplomarbeit an der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin.
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  • Streeck, W. (2008). Zur Zukunft der Unternehmensmitbestimmung in Deutschland. In Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln (ed.) Perspektiven der Mitbestimmung in Deutschland,IW Symposien, Köln, pp. 166-177.
  • Streeck, W. (1992). Co-determination: After Four Decades. In W. Streeck (ed.). Social Institutions and Economic Performance. Studies of Industrial Relations in Advanced Capitalist Economies, Sage, London, pp. 137-168.
  • Strunk, E. (2008)/ Aufsichtsräte und Mitbestimmung: Auswertungen der Umstellung deutscher AG’s auf die Rechtsform der Europäischen Aktiengesellschaft, Freie wissenschaftliche Arbeit zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Diplom-Ökonomin, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Alexander gerybadze, University Hohenheim, Stuttgart.
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  • Vitols, S. (2006). Ökonomische Auswirkungen der paritätischen Mitbestimmung: Eine ökonometrische Analyse. Gutachten im Auftrag des DGB Bundesvorstandes, Bereich Mitbestimmung und Unternehmenspolitik. Report to DGB.
  • Vulcheva, M. (2008). Employee Representation and the Management of Earnings. Mimeo, Goizueat Business School, Emory University, Atlanta.
  • Wagner, J. (2011). One-Third Codetermination at Company Supervisory Boards and Firm Performance in German Manufacturing Industries: First Direct Evidence from a New Type of Enterprise Data. Schmollers Jahrbuch, 131(1): 91-106.
  • Wohnhas, F. (2013). The effect of German codetermination on firm value and short-termism. Masters dissertation under the supervision of Jens Martin, University of Amsterdam.
Greece
  • Koutroukis, T. and Jecchinis, C. (2010). Aspects of worker participation in Greece: A legal revolution and the evolution so far. EΠIΘEΩPHΣH EPΓAΣIAKΩN ΣXEΣEΩN, 59: 30-41.
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  • Papoulias, D. and Lioukas, S. (1995). Participation in the Management of Public Enterprises: Experience from Greek Utilities. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 66(3): 275-298.
  • Spanos, L. and Papoulias, D. (2005). Corporate Governance as an Instrument of Change State Owned Companies: The Case of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization. University of Athens Economics Working Paper.
Hungary
  • Gróf, G., Kisgyörgy, S. and Lénárt, S. (2007). Dolgozói Képviselők a Gazdasági Társaságok Felügyelőbizottságaiban. Report to the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
  • Kovacsics, P. (2012). Employee representation at board-level. The Hungarian regulation in a comparative corporate governance aspect. LL.M. dissertation under the supervision of Stefan Messmann, Central European University.
  • Neumann, L. (2006). New company act reduces roles of board-level employee representatives. EurWORK. Available here.
  • Vliegenthart, A. (2009). Who is undermining employee involvement in postsocialist supervisory boards? National, European and international forces in the revision of Hungarian company law. Journal for East European Management Studies, 14(3): 265-285.
  • Vliegenthart, A. (2007). Regulating employee representation in post-socialist supervisory boards, South-East Europe Review, 10(4): 67-82.
Ireland
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Luxembourg
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The Netherlands
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  • Goodijk, R. (2005). Supervisory Board and Works Council in the Netherlands. Corporate Board: role, duties and composition, 1(3): 46-60.
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Norway
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  • Bøhren, Ø. and Strøm, Ø. (2005). The value-creating board: Theory and evidence. BI Norwegian School of Management Research Report No. 8.
  • Byrkjeflot, H. (2001). The Nordic Model of Democracy and Management. In H. Byrkjeflot, S. Myklebust, T. Myrvang and F. Sejersted (eds.). The Democratic Challenge to Capitalism. Management and Democracy on the Nordic Countries. Fagbokforlaget, Bergen, pp. 19-50.
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  • Falkum, E., Hagen, I.M. and Trygstad, S.C. (2010). Participation and codetermination among Norwegian employees – state of the art 2009. Union members and non union members compared. Conference paper presented at the 9th IIRA European Congress, 28 June-1 July 2010, Copenhagen. Available here.
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  • Hagen, I.M. (2010). Board level representation – still an unused resource? Conference paper presented at the 9th IIRA European Congress, 28 June-1 July 2010, Copenhagen. Available here.
  • Hagen, I.M. (2008). Ansatte styrerepresentanter – hvor mange og hvor finner vi dem? Søkelys på arbeidslivet, 25(3): 331-341.
  • Hagen, I.M. (2008). Ansatte i styret. Statusrapport 2007. Fafo report No. 9. Available here.
  • Hagen, I.M. (2007). Employee representatives (ERs) at board level – ensuring productivity or democracy at work? Conference paper presented at the 8th European Congress of the IIRA, 3-6 September, Manchester.
  • Hagen, I.M. (2005). Ansattes styrerepresentanter – motstandere, samarbeidspartnere eller B-medlemmer? Fafo report No. 502. Available here.
  • Hagen, I.M. and Huse, M. (2007). Do employee representatives make a difference on corporate boards? Examples from Norway. In U. Jürgens, D. Sadowski, G.F. Schuppert and M. Weiss (eds.). Perspektiven der Corporate Governance. Bestimmungsfaktoren unternehmerischer. Entscheidungsprozesse und Mitwirkung der Arbeitnehmer. Nomos, Baden Baden, pp. 156-181.
  • Huse, M., Nielsen, S.T. and Hagen, I.M. (2009). Women and Employee-Elected Board Members, and Their Contributions to Board Control Tasks. Journal of Business Ethics, 89(4): 581-597.
  • Strøm, Ø. (2008). Three essays on corporate boards. BI Norwegian School of Management, Department of Financial Economics, Series of Dissertations, No. 1. Available here.
Poland
  • Matey, M. (1992). Poland. Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations, 23, Special Issue 'Workers’ Participation: Influence on Management Decision – Making by Labour in the Private Sector,' pp. 215-220.
  • Skupień, D. (2011). The statute for a European company and the Polish model of employee involvement. In R. Blanpain, W. Bromwich, O. Rymkevich and I. Senatori (eds.). Rethinking corporate governance: from shareholder value to stakeholder value, Kluwer law international, Alphen aan den Rijn, pp. 105-119.
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Slovenia
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