References - Employee participation and corporate governance

1. Transversal studies

Bedrač J. (2006) “What makes a good company? Employee interest representation in European company law: reflections and legal provisions”, ETUI-REHS Research department Report No. 94, available online here

Blanpain R. (1992) “Introductory Remarks on a Comparative Overview”, Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations n°23, Special Issue “Workers’ Participation: Influence on Management Decision – Making by Labour in the Private Sector”, pp. 1-18

Carley M. (2005) “Board-level employee representatives in nine countries: a snapshot”, Transfer, Vol. 11 No. 2, summer 2005, pp. 231-243

Carley M. (1998) “Board-level employee representation in Europe”, Transfer, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 281-296

Carley M. (1990) “Employee participation in Europe. Works councils, worker directors and other forms of participation in 15 European countries”, European industrial relations review, report No. 4

Charny D. (1999) “Workers and corporate governance: the role of political culture”, in Blair M., Roe M., Employees and Corporate Governance, Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, pp. 91-120

ETUI-REHS (eds.) (1990) Workers’ representation and rights in the workplace in Western Europe, Brussels: ETUI-REHS

ETUI-REHS, Hans Böckler Foundation (eds.) (2004) Workers’ participation at board-level in the EU-15 countries. Reports on the national systems and practices, Brussels: ETUI-REHS, available online here

ETUI-REHS, SDA (eds.) (2005) Worker Board-Level Representation in the New EU Member States: Country Reports on the National Systems and Practices, Brussels: ETUI-REHS-SDA, available online here.

EIRR (eds.) (1991) “Survey of board-level employee representation”, European Industrial Relations Review, No. 205, pp. 20-26

Fulton L. (2009) Worker Representation in Europe, Brussels: ETUI and Labour Research Department, online publication available at www.worker-participation.eu

Fulton L. (2006) The Forgotten Resource: Corporate Governance and Employee Board-Level Representation. The Situation in France, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK, London: Labour Research Department

Gelter M. (2008) “The Dark Side of Shareholder Influence: Toward a Hold-up Theory of Stakeholders in Comparative Corporate Governance”, ECGI, Law Working Paper No. 096/2008.

Goergen M. (2007) “What do we know about different systems of corporate governance?”, ECGI Finance Working Paper No. 163/2007

Gospel H., Jackson G. (2006) “Corporate Governance and Employee Voice: An EU Perspective”, in Bercusson B. (ed.) Paths to progress. Mapping innovation on information, consultation and participation for employee involvement in corporate governance, Brussels: SDA, pp. 56-79, available online here

Gospel H., Pendleton A. (2010) “Corporate Governance and Employee Participation”, in Wilkinson A., Gollan P. J., Marchington M., Lewin D. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Participation in Organizations, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 504-525

Hill S. (2010) “Europe’s Secret Advantage. Economic Democracy”, in Hill S., Europe’s Promise. Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, pp. 53-71

Hopt K., Leyens P. (2004) “Board Models in Europe. Recent Developments of Internal Corporate Governance Structures in Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy”, European Company and Financial Law Review, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 135-168

Hopt K. (1994) “Labor representation on corporate boards: Impacts and problems for corporate governance and economic integration in Europe”, International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp. 203-214

Hopt K. (1984) “New Ways in Corporate Governance: European Experiments with Labor Representation on Corporate Boards”, Michigan Law Review, Vol. 82 No. 5/6, pp. 1338-1363

Jackson G. (2005) “Employee Representation in the Board Compared: A Fuzzy Sets Analysis of Corporate Governance, Unionism and Political Institutions”, Industrielle Beziehungen, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 252-279

Jagodzinski R., Kluge N., Stollt M. (2007) “Worker interest representation in Europe: Towards a better understanding of the pieces of a still unfinished jigsaw”, Paper presented at 8th IIRA European Congress, 3-6 September 2007, Manchester, available online here.

Van het Kaar R. (2005) “Company law and workers’ interest”, Transfer, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 179-188

Kluge N. (2005) “Corporate governance with co-determination: a key element of the European social model”, Transfer, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 163-177

Kluge N., Stollt M. (2006) The European Company – Prospects for Worker Board-Level Participation in the Enlarged EU, Brussels: ETUI-REHS, SDA, available online here.

Kluge N., Wilke P. (2007) “Board-level participation and workers’ financial participation in Europe. State of the art and development trends”, ETUI-REHS Research department Report No. 102, available online here.

Kolvenbach W., Hanau P. (eds.) (1999) Handbook on European Employee Co-Management, Deventer: Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers

Lower M. (2007) “John Paul II and Employee Participation in Corporate Governance”, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, Vol. 21 No. 1, pp. 111-158

Markey R., Balnave N., Patmore G. (2010) “Worker Directors and Worker Ownership / Cooperatives”, in Wilkinson A., Gollan P. J., Marchington M., Lewin D. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Participation in Organizations, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 237-257

Monat J., Sarfati H. (1986) Workers’ participation: a voice in decisions. 1981-1985, Geneva: ILO

Niedenhoff H.-U. (2005) “Mitbestimmung im europäischen Vergleich”, IW-Trends, No. 2, pp. 3-17

O’Kelly K. (2005) “A European project for employee board-level representatives: issues, roles and responsibilities”, Transfer, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 221-230

Osterloh M., Frey B. (2006) “Shareholders Should Welcome Knowledge Workers as Directors”, Journal of Management and Governance, Vol. 10 No. 3, pp. 325-345, available online at http://www.bsfrey.ch/articles/445_06.pdf

Osterloh M., Frey B., Zeitoun H. (2010) “Voluntary Co-determination Produces Sustainable Competitive Advantage”, in Sacconi L., Blair M., Freeman E., Vercelli A., Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance: The Contribution of Economic Theory and Related Disciplines, Palgrave McMillan: New-York, forthcoming

Pichot E. (1999) Employee representatives in Europe and their economic prerogatives, Brussels: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

Schubert C. (2008) “The National Implementation of Employee Participation in the Administrative Board of the SE in the One-tier Model. A Legal Comparison on the Basis of Germany, Austria, Sweden and France”, European Company and Financial Law Review, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 422-452

Schulten T., Zagelmeyer S. (1998) Board-Level Employee Representation in Europe, Eurofound-WSI.

Schulten T., Zagelmeyer S. (1998) “Board-Level Employee Representation in Europe”, EIRObserver, No. 5, pp. I-IV, available online here.

SEEurope (ed.) (2010) The current financial and economic crisis: Point of departure for stronger worker participation in national corporate governance?, report available online here.

Stern R. (1988) “Participation by Representation: Workers on Boards of Directors in the United States and Abroad”, Work and Occupations, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 396-422

Taylor R. (2005) “Industrial democracy and the European traditions”, Transfer, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 155-162

Veersma U., Swinkels S. (2005) “Participation in European Companies: views from social partners in three Member States”, Transfer, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 189-205

Vitols S. (2005) “Prospects for trade unions in the evolving European system of corporate governance”, ETUI-REHS Research department Report No. 92

Waddington J., Kluge N. (2006) “Corporate Governance and the voice of labour: Issues and debates”, in Bercusson B. (ed.) Paths to progress. Mapping innovation on information, consultation and participation for employee involvement in corporate governance, Brussels: SDA, pp. 80-108, available online here.

Windbichler C. (2005) “Cheers and Boos for Employee Involvement: Co-Determination as Corporate Governance Conundrum”, European Business Organization Law Review, Vol. 6 No. 4, pp. 507-537

2. Country-based studies

Austria

Brachinger R., Leitsmüller H. (2005) “Betriebsräte im Aufsichtsrat/ Wirtschaftliche Mitbestimmung auf dem Prüfstand”, Arbeit und Wirtschaft, No. 59, pp. 1-9

Gagawczuk W., Gahleitner H., Leitsmüller H., Preiss J., Schneller H. (2004) Der Aufsichtsrat. Die häufigsten Fragen, Verlag des ÖGB: Vienna

Czech Republic

Vliegenthart A. (2008) “Transnational Actors and Corporate Governance in ECE: The Case of the EU and the Czech Republic”, in Pickles J., Jenkins R. (eds.) Rethinking the State and Society in Soviet and Post-socialist Economies, London: Palgrave, pp. 47-68

Vliegenthart A., 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, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 137-154

Denmark

Christensen S., Westenholz A. (2001) “’Employee Representatives as Company Strategic Actors in an Enacted World”, in Winter G. (ed.) “Participatory Ownership and Management in Greenland and Other Artic Regions”,Arctic Research Journal, No. 1, pp. 78-90.

Christensen S., Westenholz A. (1999) “Boards of Directors as Strategists in an Enacted World – The Danish Case”, Journal of Management and Governance, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 261-286

Christensen S., Westenholz A. (1997) “The Social/Behavioral Construction of Employees as Strategic Actors on Company Boards of Directors” American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 40 No. 4, pp. 490-501

Kjær V. (2004) “Employee representation in Denmark”, Oral presentation at Kevin O’Kelly Transnational seminar in Helsingör, 10-12 December 2007

Lund R. (1980) “Indirect Participation, Influence, and Power: Some Danish Experiences”, Organization Studies, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 147-160

Rose C. (2005) “Medarbejdervalgte bestyrelsesmedlemmer i danske virksomheder”, Tidsskrift for Arbejdsliv, Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 34-50

Rose C. (2008) “The Challenges of Employee-Appointed Board Members for Corporate Governance: The Danish Evidence”, European Business Organization Law review, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 215-235

Rose C., Kurt Kvist H. (2004) Employee directors – What is their say?, Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School, summary available online here.

Finland

K. Sairo (2001) Henkilöstön hallintoedustus metalli-ja elektroniikkateollisuuden yrityksissä, report to Metallityöväen Liiton tutkimustoiminnan julkaisuja, available online here.

France

Auberger M.-N., Bouchet J.-P. (2007) “Guide de l’administrateur salarié”, Cadres CFDT, No. Special 423, available online here.

Auberger M-N., Conchon A. (eds.) (2009) Les administrateurs salariés et la gouvernance d’entreprise, Paris : La documentation française, coll. Les études

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, No. 24, pp. 43-50, available online here.

Barreau J. (1995) “Administrateur salarié et élection”, in Merle P., Vatin F., La citoyenneté : extension ou régression, Rennes : PUR, pp. 153-164

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Benhamou S. (2010) Améliorer la gouvernance d’entreprise et la participation des salariés, Paris: La documentation Française, coll. Rapports et Documents, No. 27, available online here.

Bertin-Mourot B., Lapôtre M. (2003) Gouvernement d’entreprise : fonctionnement des organes de contrôle et rôle des représentants des salariés, Paris: CARIS-CFDT

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Conchon A. (2009) “Quand la mondialisation dynamise l’action collective : les revendications syndicales en faveur des administrateurs salariés en France”, in Appay B., Jefferys S. (eds.) Restructurations, précarisation, valeurs, Toulouse: Octarès édition, coll. Le travail en débat, série Colloques & Congrès, pp. 427-441

Conchon A. (2008) “Quelle régulation collective de la démocratie industrielle ? Le cas des administrateurs salariés”, Terrains & Travaux, No. 14, pp. 48-67

Conchon A. (2006) Übersicht über die Arbeitnehmervertreter mit Stimmberechtigung in den Leitungsorganen der französischen Unternehmen, research report to Hans Böckler Stiftung, available online here.

Conchon A. (2006) “Les représentants du personnel élus au conseil d’administration ou de surveillance des entreprises en France : état des recherches”, in Institut Français des Administrateurs, Questions de gouvernance : Une synthèse de travaux de recherche, Paris: Club de Recherche de l'IFA, pp. 18-20.

CRMSI (ed.) (1985) Premier bilan de la démocratisation des conseils d’administration dans le secteur public. Compte-rendu de la journée du 15 novembre 1985

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Gnazale G., Tchotourian I., 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 online 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, available online here.

Germany

Addison J. (2009) The Economics of Codetermination: Lessons of the German Experience, New-York: Palgrave Macmillan

Addison J. T., Schnabel C. (2009) “Worker Directors: A German Product that Didn’t Export?”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 3918, January 2009, available online here.

Ballerstedt K. (1977) “Das Mitbestimmungsgesetz zwischen Gesellschafts-, Arbeits- und Unternehmensrecht”, Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Vol. 6 No. 2, pp. 133-171

Baums T., Frick B. (1999) “The Market Value of the Codetermined Firm”, in Blair M., Roe M. (eds.) Employees and Corporate Governance, Washington D.C.: The Brookings Institution, pp. 206-235

Bayer W. (2009) Drittelbeteiligung in Deutschland – Ermittlung von Gesellschaften, die dem DrittelbG unterliegen, Research report to Hans-Böckler Foundation, available online here.

Benelli G., Loderer C., Lys T. (1987) “Labor participation in corporate policy-making decisions: West Germany’s experience with codetermination”, Journal of Business, Vol. 60 No. 4, pp. 553-575

Biedenkopf K., Streeck W., Wissmann H. (2007) “A core element of Europe”, Mitbestimmung international edition, No. 8, pp. 20-25, available online at http://www.boeckler.de/92462_88615.html

Boneberg F. (2010) “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”, University of Lüneburg, Working Paper Series in Economics No. 177, available online here.

Fauver L., Fuerts M. (2006) “Does good corporate governance include employee representation? Evidence from German corporate boards”, Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 82 No. 3, pp. 673-710, available online here.

Fetzer T. (2010) “Defending Mitbestimmung: German trade unions and European company law regulation (1967-2000)”, Economic and Industrial Democracy, forthcoming

FitzRoy F., Kraft K. (2005) “Co-Determination, Efficiency, and Productivity”, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 43 No. 2, pp. 233-247

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Gerum E. (2007) Das deutsche Corporate Governance-System. Eine empirische Untersuchung, Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel

Gerum E. (1998) Mitbestimmung und Corporate Governance, Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung

Gerum E., Debus M. (2006) “Die Größe des Aufsichtsrates als rechtspolitisches Problem – Einige empirische Befunde”, Marburger Corporate Governance Forschung, Diskussionspapier No. 1, available online here.

Gerum E., Steinmann H., Fees W., (1988) Der mitbestimmte Aufsichtsrat, Stuttgart: C.E. Poeschel Verlag

Gerum E., Wagner H. (1998) “Economics of Labor Co-Determination in View of Corporate Governance”, in Hopt K., Kanda H., Roe M., Wymeersch E., Prigge S. (eds.) Comparative Corporate Governance. The State of the Art and Emerging Research, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 341-360, available online here.

Gorton G., Schmid F. (2004) “Capital, Labor, and the Firm: A Study of German Codetermination”, Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 2 No. 5, pp. 863-905

Gorton G., Schmid F. (2000) “Class Struggle inside the Firm: A Study of German Codetermination”; NBER Working Paper, No. 7945, available online here

Höpner M. (2004) “Unternehmensmitbestimmung unter Beschuss: Die Mitbestimmunsdebatte im Licht der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung”, MPlfG Discussion Paper, No. 04/08, available online here.

Höpner M., Müllenborn T. (2010) “Mitbestimmung im Unternehmensvergleich. Ein Konzept zur Messung des Einflusspotentiels der Arbeit,ehmervertreter im mitbestimmten Aufsichtsrat”, Industrielle Beziehungen, Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 7-29

Jürgens U., 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 2005, Budapest

Jürgens U., Lippert I. (2005) “Leitende Angestellte im Informations- und Wissensssystem Aufsichtsrat”, Industrielle Beziehungen, Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 280-305

Jürgens U., 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 online here.

Jürgens U., Lippert I., 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 2008

Keller B., Werner F. (2010) “Industrial democracy from a European Perspective - The Example of SEs”, Economic and Industrial Democracy, forthcoming

Kraft K. (2001) “Codetermination as a strategic advantage?”, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 19 No. 3-4, pp. 543-566

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 online here.

Michel H. (2007) “Co-determination in Germany: The Recent Debate”, WDW (Workplace Democracy Workshops) Working Paper Series, No. 4, available online here.

Page R. (2011) “Co-determination in Germany. A Beginner’s Guide”, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung Arbeitspapier, No. 33, available online here.

Pistor K. (1999) “Codetermination: A sociopolitical Model with Governance Externalities”, in Blair M., Roe M. (eds.) Employees and Corporate Governance, Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, pp. 163-193

Raabe N. (2005) “Aus dem Aufsichtsratsalltag”, Die Mitbestimmung, No. 52, 7, pp. 38-42, available online here.

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

Renaud S. (2007) “Dynamic Efficiency of Supervisory Board Codetermination in Germany”, Labour, Vol. 21 No. 4-5, pp. 689-712

Roe M. (1999) “Codetermination and German Securities Markets”, in Blair M., Roe M. (eds.) Employees and Corporate Governance, Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, pp. 194-205

Säcker F. J. (2008) “Die Zukunft der Unternehmensmitbestimmung in Deutschalnd – Disharmonien im Zusammenspiel der verschiedenen Mitbestimmungsebenen”, in Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln (ed.) Perspektiven der Mitbestimmung in Deutschland, Köln: IW Symposien, pp. 147-165

Stettes O. (2007) “Die Arbeitnehmermitbestimmung im Aufsichtsrat- Ergebnisse einer Unternehmesbefragung”, IW-Trends, Vol. 34 No. 1, pp. 1-15

Stettes O. (2007) “Unternehmensmitbestimmung in Deutschland – Vorteil oder Ballast im Standortwettbewerb?”, Institute for Law and Finance, Working Paper Series, No. 64, available online here.

Streeck W. (2008) “Zur Zukunft der Unternehmensmitbestimmung in Deutschland”, in Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln (ed.) Perspektiven der Mitbestimmung in Deutschland, Köln: IW Symposien, pp. 166-177

Streeck W. (1992) “Co-determination: After Four Decades”, in Streeck W. Social Institutions and Economic Performance. Studies of Industrial Relations in Advanced Capitalist Economies, London: Sage, 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

Vitols S. (2006) Ökonomische Auswirkungen der paritätischen Mitbestimmung: Eine ökonometrische Analyse. Gutachten im Auftrag des DGB Bundesvorstandes, Bereich Mitbestimmung und Unternehmenspolitik, report to DGB

Wagner J. (2009) “One-Third Codetermination at Company Supervisory Boards and Firm Performance in German Manufacturing Industries: First Direct Evidence from a New Type of Enterprise Data”, IZA Discussion Paper, No. 4352, available online here.

Greece

Papoulias D., Lioukas S. (1995) “Participation in the Management of Public Enterprises: Experience from Greek Utilities”, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Vol. 66 No. 3, pp. 275-298

Spanos L., 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, available online here.

Hungary

Gróf G., Kisgyörgy S., Lénárt S. (2007) Dolgozói Képviselők a Gazdasági Társaságok Felügyelőbizottságaiban, Report to the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, available online here.

Vliegenthart A. (2007) “Regulating employee representation in post-socialist supervisory boards”, South-East Europe Review, Vol. 10 No. 4, pp. 67-82

Ireland

Carley M. (1998) “Irish worker directors in a European perspective”, Industrial Relations News, No. 19, 14 May, pp. 14-17

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (eds.) (1983) Colloquium on the worker directors and his impact on the enterprise, Dublin: Eurofound

Kelly, A. & Hourihan, F. (1998) “Employee Participation”, in Murphy T., Roche W. (eds.), Irish Industrial Relations in Practice: Revised and Expanded Edition, Dublin: Oak Tree Press, pp. 405-443

Kelly A. (1987) “The Worker Director in Irish Industrial Relations”, in Department of Industrial Relations, University College Dublin (eds.) Industrial Relations in Ireland. Contemporary Issues and Developments, Dublin: University College Dublin, pp. 247-252

Lee F. (2007) “Ireland’s Semi-State Bodies in a Time of Change”, Department of Government Working Paper, No. 4, available online here.

Luxembourg

Clément F. (2008) Les relations professionnelles au Luxembourg, Luxembourg: EURES-CRD-REPREM, available online here.

Conseil Économique et Social (eds.) (1999) Le bilan de la loi de 1974 sur la représentation des salariés dans les conseils d’administration et la création de comités d’entreprise, le 15 juillet 1999, Luxembourg

The Netherlands

Goodijk R. (2010) “Corporate governance and Works council: a Dutch perspective”, Conference paper presented at the 9th IIRA European Congress, 28 June-1 July 2010, Copenhagen, available online here.

Goodijk R. (2005) “Supervisory Board and Works Council in the Netherlands”, Corporate Board: role, duties and composition, Vol. 1 No. 3, pp. 46-60

Goodijk R. (2001) “Corporate Governance and Workers’ Participation in the Netherlands”, in Markey R., Gollan P., Hodgkinson A., Chouraqui A., Veersma U. (eds.) Models of Employee Participation in a Changing Global Environment. Diversity and Interaction, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 179-192

Rood M. (1992) “The Netherlands”, Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations n°23, Special Issue “Workers’ Participation: Influence on Management Decision – Making by Labour in the Private Sector”, pp. 199-214

Norway

Bøhren Ø., Strøm Ø. (2005) The value-creating board: Theory and evidence, BI Norwegian School of Management Research Report No. 8, available online here.

Byrkjeflot H. (2001) “The Nordic Model of Democracy and Management”, in Byrkjeflot H., Myklebust S., Myrvang T., Sejersted F. (eds.) The Democratic Challenge to Capitalism. Management and Democracy on the Nordic Countries, Bergen: fagbokforlaget, pp. 19-50, available online here.

Emery F. E., Thorsrud E., (1969) Form and Content in Industrial Democracy. Some Experiences from Norway and other European Countries. London: Tavistock Publications

Falkum E., Hagen I. M., 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 online here.

Falkum E., Hagen I. M., Trygstad S. C. (2009) Bedriftsdemokratiets tilstand. Medbestemmelse, medvirkning og innflytelse i 2009, Fafo report No. 35, available online here.

Hagen I. M. (2010) Det mektige mindretallet. Ansatterepresentasjon i styret mellom Corporate Governance og Industrial Relations. Doktoravhandling, Fafo report No. 2, available online here.

Hagen I. M. (2010) “Employee elected directors on company boards: Stakeholder representatives or the voice of labour?”, Conference paper presented at the 8th International Conference in Commemoration of Prof. Marco Biagi, 18-20 March 2010, Modena

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 online here.

Hagen I. M. (2008) “Ansatte styrerepresentanter – hvor mange og hvor finner vi dem?”, Søkelys på arbeidslivet, Vol. 25 No. 3, pp. 331-341

Hagen I. M. (2008) Ansatte i styret. Statusrapport 2007, Fafo report No. 9, available online 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 2007, Manchester

Hagen I. M. (2005) Ansattes styrerepresentanter – motstandere, samarbeidspartnere eller B-medlemmer?, Fafo report No. 502, available online here.

Hagen I. M., Huse M. (2007) “Do employee representatives make a difference on corporate boards? Examples from Norway”, in Jürgens U., Sadowski D., Schuppert G. F., Weiss M. (eds.) Perspektiven der Corporate Governance. Bestimmungsfaktoren unternehmerischer. Entscheidungsprozesse und Mitwirkung der Arbeitnehmer, Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 156-181

Huse M. Nielsen S. T., Hagen I. M. (2009) “Women and Employee-Elected Board Members, and Their Contributions to Board Control Tasks”, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 89 No. 4, pp. 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 online here.

Poland

Matey M. (1992) “Poland”, Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations, No. 23, Special Issue “Workers’ Participation: Influence on Management Decision – Making by Labour in the Private Sector”, pp. 215-220

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Slovenia

Andrenšek I. (2007) Upravljanje gospodarskih družb v Sloveniji: Razprava o vlogi in pomenu predstavnikov delavcev v nadzornih svetih, Academic thesis, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, available online here.

Bakovnik R. (2004) “Kolektivna (posredna) participacija. Delavsko predstavništvo v nadzornem svetu”, Industrijska demokracija, No. 3, available online here.

Bakovnik R. (2003) “Slovenski model delavske participacije”, Industrijska demokracija, No. 3, available online here.

Bakovnik R., Polič M., Peršak C., Pogačnik V., Gostiša M. (2000) Vpliv delavske participacije na poslovno uspešnost, Research report from ŠCID (Študijski Center za Industrijsko Demokracijo), funded by the Ministry of Labour, available online here.

Bratina (1999) “Pravni položaj delavskih predstavnikov v nadzornih svetih”, Industrijska demokracija, No. 9, available online here.

Gostiša M. (2004) “Specifike položaja delavskih predstavnikov v nadzornem svetu”, Industrijska demokracija, No. 11, available online here.

Gostiša M. (2004) “Čigave interese in na kakšen način zastopajo predstavniki delavcev v nadzornem svetu”, Industrijska demokracija, No. 1, available online here.

Gostiša M. (2001) Struktura, način kadrovanja in usposobljenost delavskih predstavnikov v nadzornih svetih, Research report from ŠCID (Študijski Center za Industrijsko Demokracijo), available online here.

Gostiša M. (2001) “Odprta vprašanja delovanja delavskih predsavnikov v nadzornih svetih”, Industrijska demokracija, No. 5, available online here.

Gostiša M. (2001) Sistemske dileme o vlogi in načinu delovanja delavskih predstavnikov v nadzornem svetu, Joint statement from the Slovanian Directors’ Association and the Association of Workers in Slovenian Companies, available online here.

Gostiša M. (2001) “Delavska predstavništva v nadzornih svetih. Odgovorno trdim, da…”, Industrijska demokracija, No. 4, available online here.

Gostiša M. (1997) “Predstavništvo delavcev v nadzornem svetu”, Industrijska demokracija, No. 5, available online here.

Gregorič A., Prašnikar J., Ribnikar I. (2000) “Corporate Governance in Transitional Economies: The Case of Slovenia”, Economic and Business Review for Central and South-Eastern Europe, Vol. 2 No. 3, pp. 183-207

Končar P. (2008) “EU v. National Industrial Relations: The Slovenian Perspective”, in Rönnmar M. (ed.) EU Industrial Relations v. National Industrial Relations. Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, pp. 41-53

Miklič G. (1999) “Kdo so lahko delavski predstavniki v nadzornih svetih”, Industrijska demokracija, No. 2, available online here.

Prašnikar J., Gregorič A. (2002) “The influence of workers’ participation on the power of management in transitional countries: the case of Slovenia”, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Vol. 73 No. 2, pp. 269-297

Šarman Z. (2001) “Kdo in zakaj se boji delavskih predstavnikov v nadzornih svetih”, Industrijska demokracija, No. 5, available online here.

Utroša M. (1998) “Works councils and co-determination in Slovenia”, South- East Europe Review, Vol. 1 No. 2, pp. 23-36

ZSDSP (1999) Teorija in praksa delovanja delavskih predstavnikov v nadzornih svetih, available online here.

Spain

Barroso M. (2001) “Modelos clásicos y sistemas nuevos de participación de los trabajadores en la empresa”, Temas Laborales, No. 62, pp. 31-68

Galiana Moreno J. M., García Romero B. (2003) “La participación y representación de los trabajadores en la empresa en el modelo normativo español”, Revista del Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, No. 43, pp. 13-30

Landa Zapirain J.C. (2007) “Las nuevas formas de participación en la empresa”, in Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales (eds.) Gobierno de la empresa y participación de los trabajadores: viejas y nuevas formas institucionales, Madrid, pp. 649-707

Palomeque López M. C. (2007) “La participación de los trabajadores en la empresa (une revisión institucional)”, in Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales (eds.) Gobierno de la empresa y participación de los trabajadores: viejas y nuevas formas institucionales, Madrid, pp. 33-65

Sweden

Adams R. B., Licht A. N., Sagiv L. (2010) “Shareholders and Stakeholders: How do Directors Decide?”, ECGI Finance Working Paper No. 276

Bruun N. (2006) “The Corporate Governance Agenda and Employee Representation on Company Boards in the EU and the Nordic Countries”, in Bercusson B. (ed.) Paths to progress. Mapping innovation on information, consultation and participation for employee involvement in corporate governance, Brussels: SDA, pp. 38-46, available online here.

Carlsson R. H. (2007) “Swedish Corporate Governance and Value Creation: owners still in the driver’s seat”, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol. 15 No. 6, pp. 1038-1055

Fahlbeck R. (2007) “Employee participation in Sweden”, in Jürgens U., Sadowski D., Schuppert G. F., Weiss M. (eds.) Perspektiven der Corporate Governance. Bestimmungsfaktoren unternehmerischer. Entscheidungsprozesse und Mitwirkung der Arbeitnehmer, Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 132-155

Habbard P. (2008) Corporate Governance in Sweden – An International Trade Union Perspective, report to the Hans Böckler Foundation, available online here.

Levinson K. (2001) “Employee representatives on company boards in Sweden”, Industrial Relations Journal, Vol. 32 No. 3, pp. 264-274

Levinson K. (2000) “Codetermination in Sweden: Myth and Reality”, Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 457-473

Levinson K. (1996) “Codetermination in Sweden: From Separation to Integration”, Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 131-142

Lundberg M. Bruun N. (2005) “Stryrelserepresentation på undantag – Corporate Governance-debattens tysta reformprogram”, Arbetsmarknad & Arbetsliv, Vol. 11 No. 4, pp. 217-234

Rönnmar M. (2008) “Information, Consultation and Worker Participation – An Aspect of EU Industrial Relations from the Swedish Point of View”, in Rönnmar M. (ed.) EU Industrial Relations v. National Industrial Relations. Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives,Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, pp. 15-39

Victorin A. (2000) “Employee Participation on the Company Board: The Swedish Experience”, Paper presented at Company Law Reform in OECD Countries – A Comparative Outlook of Current Trends, 7-8 December 2000, Stockholm, available online here.

Wheeler J. (2002) “Employee Involvement in Action: Reviewing Swedish Codetermination”, Labor Studies Journal, Vol. 26 No. 4, pp. 71-97