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Variations and (a)symmetries in trust between employees and employers in Europe: Some (not so) well-known stylized facts (2019)
Journal Article
Brandl, B. (2020). Variations and (a)symmetries in trust between employees and employers in Europe: Some (not so) well-known stylized facts. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 26(3), 313-329. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680119850721

I analyse the incidence of trust between employee representatives and management at the firm level in EU member states. Most previous analyses focus primarily on employees’ trust in the employer, but I consider both sides. The analysis confirms, but... Read More about Variations and (a)symmetries in trust between employees and employers in Europe: Some (not so) well-known stylized facts.

Collective Wage Bargaining and the Role of Institutional Stability: A Cross-National Comparison of Macroeconomic Performance (2018)
Journal Article
Brandl, B., & Ibsen, C. (2019). Collective Wage Bargaining and the Role of Institutional Stability: A Cross-National Comparison of Macroeconomic Performance. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 43(3), 677-694. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bey041

Since the advent of the economic crisis, interest in the efficacy of collective wage bargaining institutions has increased as the labour market was required to bear the burden of economic adjustment and became an important policy-field for institutio... Read More about Collective Wage Bargaining and the Role of Institutional Stability: A Cross-National Comparison of Macroeconomic Performance.

A problem of embeddedness? A micro-theoretical model of trade union action and interaction in Europe (2018)
Journal Article
Brandl, B., & Lehr, A. (2018). A problem of embeddedness? A micro-theoretical model of trade union action and interaction in Europe. Employee Relations, 40(3), 500-514. https://doi.org/10.1108/er-04-2017-0075

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose a general micro-theoretical framework that helps to understand the embeddedness of trade unions within the European system of industrial relations, and the consequences of this embeddedness for industr... Read More about A problem of embeddedness? A micro-theoretical model of trade union action and interaction in Europe.

The Hybridization of National Collective Bargaining Systems: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Transformation of Collective Bargaining in the European Union (2018)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., & Brandl, B. (2019). The Hybridization of National Collective Bargaining Systems: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Transformation of Collective Bargaining in the European Union. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 40(3), 469-489. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x17748199

In this article it is argued that the economic crisis has made national collective bargaining systems increasingly multi-layered, perforated and dynamically unstable, i.e. hybrid. The authors explain these transformations in terms of the concomitance... Read More about The Hybridization of National Collective Bargaining Systems: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Transformation of Collective Bargaining in the European Union.

Engagement in European Social Dialogue: an investigation into the role of social partner structural capacity (2017)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., Brandl, B., & Prosser, P. (2017). Engagement in European Social Dialogue: an investigation into the role of social partner structural capacity. Industrial Relations Journal, 48(4), 365-382. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12192

Despite the importance of social dialogue for the European social model, there has been little attention to the factors that account for social partner engagement with European social dialogue. On the basis of data from 28 European sectoral social di... Read More about Engagement in European Social Dialogue: an investigation into the role of social partner structural capacity.

The Strange Non-Death of Employer and Business Associations: An Analysis of their Representativeness and Activities in Western European Countries (2016)
Journal Article
Brandl, B., & Lehr, A. (2019). The Strange Non-Death of Employer and Business Associations: An Analysis of their Representativeness and Activities in Western European Countries. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 40(4), 932-953. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x16669842

Against the background that corporatism is on the decline in recent decades, one could expect that the representativeness of employer and business associations is also declining. In this article it is argued and shown that, contrary to this expectati... Read More about The Strange Non-Death of Employer and Business Associations: An Analysis of their Representativeness and Activities in Western European Countries.

Instability and Change in Collective Bargaining: An Analysis of the Effects of Changing Institutional Structures (2016)
Journal Article
Brandl, B., & Ibsen, C. (2017). Instability and Change in Collective Bargaining: An Analysis of the Effects of Changing Institutional Structures. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 55(3), 527-550. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12207

Previous studies on collective bargaining structures and macroeconomic performance have largely ignored the role of stable and instable institutional structures and the effects of institutional change itself. In this article we posit that institution... Read More about Instability and Change in Collective Bargaining: An Analysis of the Effects of Changing Institutional Structures.

Measurement and Analysis of Industrial Relations Aggregates: What is the Relevant Unit of Analysis in Comparative Research? (2015)
Journal Article
Bechter, B., & Brandl, B. (2015). Measurement and Analysis of Industrial Relations Aggregates: What is the Relevant Unit of Analysis in Comparative Research?. European Political Science, 14(4), 422-438. https://doi.org/10.1057/eps.2015.65

There is a long tradition in comparative research on industrial relations of analysis concentrating on differences and similarities between countries, that is, focusing on aggregates measured at the national level. But what happens if there are no (m... Read More about Measurement and Analysis of Industrial Relations Aggregates: What is the Relevant Unit of Analysis in Comparative Research?.

Eine Untersuchung von Untersuchungen zur wahren und wahrscheinlichen Rolle der Religion in der Erklärung wirtschaftlichen Wachstums (An Investigation of analyses on the true and probable role of religion in explaining economic growth). (2014)
Book Chapter
Brandl, B. (2014). Eine Untersuchung von Untersuchungen zur wahren und wahrscheinlichen Rolle der Religion in der Erklärung wirtschaftlichen Wachstums (An Investigation of analyses on the true and probable role of religion in explaining economic growth). In R. König (Ed.), Religion und Kapitalismus (Religion and Capitalism) (240-271). Ferstl & Perz, Vienna

Gewerkschaft, Lohnfindung und Wirtschaftspolitik: Der österreichische Weg im Wandel der Zeit (Trade Unions, Wage Determination, and Economic Policy: The Austrian Way in the Course of Time). (2013)
Book Chapter
Brandl, B., & Leoni, T. (2013). Gewerkschaft, Lohnfindung und Wirtschaftspolitik: Der österreichische Weg im Wandel der Zeit (Trade Unions, Wage Determination, and Economic Policy: The Austrian Way in the Course of Time). In P. Brigitte (Ed.), Wissenschaft über Gewerkschaft (15-37). Analysen und Perspektiven. ÖGB-Verlag, Vienna

Collective Bargaining. (2013)
Book Chapter
Brandl, B. (2013). Collective Bargaining. In V. Smith (Ed.), SAGE Sociology of Work Encyclopedia (98-103). SAGE, Los Angeles et al

Foreign direct investment, labour relations and sector effects: US investment outflows to Europe. (2013)
Journal Article
Brandl, B., Strohmer, S., & Traxler, F. (2013). Foreign direct investment, labour relations and sector effects: US investment outflows to Europe. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24(17), 2381-3304. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2013.770776

This paper analyses the impact of national labour relations on foreign direct investment (FDI), with emphasis on macro-markets and sector properties. Since there are sector-specific differences between industries in transferability, labour-relations... Read More about Foreign direct investment, labour relations and sector effects: US investment outflows to Europe..

Successful Wage Concertation: The Economic Effects of Wage Pacts and their Alternatives. (2012)
Journal Article
Brandl, B. (2012). Successful Wage Concertation: The Economic Effects of Wage Pacts and their Alternatives. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 50(3), 482-501. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2012.00889.x

Recent debates on pacts have focused on the prerequisites for their emergence, whereas questions of their efficacy have receded into the background. In particular, systematic analyses of the effectiveness of pacts in terms of their capacity to enhanc... Read More about Successful Wage Concertation: The Economic Effects of Wage Pacts and their Alternatives..