International Journal of Manpower: Volume 34 Issue 3

The impact of the global financial crisis on managing employees

Anthony McDonnell, John Burgess

This paper aims to provide a brief overview of the global financial crisis (GFC), highlighting its most frightening dimensions, the policy responses and issues around the…

Between “too big to fail” and “too small to matter” : The borderless financial crisis and unions

Stéphane Le Queux, David Peetz

The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of union responses to globalisation and, in particular, the global financial crisis; the consequences of the financial crisis…

Weathering the storm? Multinational companies and human resource management through the global financial crisis

Patrick Gunnigle, Jonathan Lavelle, Sinéad Monaghan

This paper aims to examine the impact of the global financial crisis on human resource management (HRM) in multinational companies (MNCs) in Ireland. It focuses on four key areas…

Tackling the crisis through concession bargaining: evidence from five German companies

Stefan Zagelmeyer

This paper aims to present an analysis of the nature and drivers of company‐level concession bargaining during the financial crisis 2008‐10 in Germany.

The impact of the global financial crisis on employee participation – two German case studies

Olaf Kranz, Thomas Steger

The article aims to explore the link between corporate crises and decisions about employee participation in the context of the global financial crisis (GFC).

Flexibility and crisis resistance: quantitative evidence for German establishments

Stefan Zagelmeyer, Markus Heckmann

The research question which this paper aims to address is: To what extent does (labour) flexibility contribute to crisis resistance at establishment level? More specifically, the…