European Journal of Industrial Relations

2021 - 2026

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Volume 32, issue 1, 2026

Revisiting dualism. The governance of the low pay-low skill labour market in four European countries pp. 3-23

Werner Eichhorst and Gemma Scalise

Flexible working hours: Benefit or burden? A study of occupational differences in five European countries pp. 25-42

Bettina Stadler

Decentralized pay coordination in Europe and the new Irish model pp. 43-70

William K Roche and Valentina Paolucci

The international recruitment chain: Experiences and policy recommendations pp. 71-86

Jan Cremers

Sectoral patterns of labour market reform: A comparative analysis of seasonal tourism in Spain and Italy pp. 87-111

Ruggero Battagliarin and Igor Guardiancich

Volume 31, issue 4, 2025

Transnational socioeconomic protest in Europe since 1997: Reflecting greater horizontal market or vertical political integration pressures? pp. 417-437

Roland Erne and Jörg Nowak

C’est pareil mais différent: A comparison of union support in France and the U.S pp. 439-462

Andrew Keyes, Jack Fiorito and Pauline de Becdelièvre

Policies to strengthen collective bargaining pp. 463-485

Stan De Spiegelaere

Job quality and institutional investors: Evidence in 17 OECD countries, 1993-2017 pp. 487-514

Thibault Darcillon and Yasmine Mohamed

Volume 31, issue 3, 2025

EU-induced financialisation and its impact on the Greek wage share, 1999–2021 pp. 287-312

Giorgos Gouzoulis, Panagiotis Iliopoulos and Giorgos Galanis

Cross-national relationships between employment quality and mental well-being: The role of organized labour strength pp. 313-343

Julie Vanderleyden, Karen Van Aerden and Christophe Vanroelen

State intervention in low-wage work: Politics, social actors, and increased governmental control in the setting of the minimum wage pp. 345-368

Joshua Cova

Contested industrial relations in the airline industry in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis pp. 369-391

Jennifer Kuebart

Workplace regimes and contractual insecurity in European employment pp. 393-413

Amy Erbe Healy and Seán Ó Riain

Volume 31, issue 2, 2025

Industrial relations in Chinese multinational corporations in Europe: A regional lens pp. z141-160

Elaine Sio-ieng Hui and Fuk Ying Tse

Exploring host and home country effects on industrial relations in Chinese multinational enterprises – Evidence from Ireland pp. z161-185

Yanyi Wang, Jonathan Lavelle and Patrick Gunnigle

An emerging ‘China-threat-corporatism’? CRRC’s acquisition of a German locomotive company and its impact on labour relations pp. z187-208

Stefan Schmalz, Lea Schneidemesser and Hui Xu

Mobility power and society: Managing migrant workers among Chinese multinational companies in Europe pp. z209-231

Yu Zheng and Chris Smith

COSCO and the privatisation of Piraeus port: A tale of three piers pp. z233-252

Karen Jackson, Jiandan Li and Serena Masino

Chinese investment in Central and Eastern Europe: Studying the evolution of industrial relations after the takeover of a Slovenian company pp. z253-277

Branko BembiÄ

Call for papers for a special issue of the EJIR: Industrial relations in the automotive sector and the twin transition pp. z279-283

Gerhard Bosch, Armanda Cetrulo, Angelo Moro and Maria Enrica Virgillito

Volume 31, issue 1, 2025

Editorial pp. 3-4

Guglielmo Meardi

Unionization of retired workers in Europe pp. 5-29

Vinzenz Pyka and Claus Schnabel

Restructuring regimes in and between two crises: A comparison of Sweden and the UK pp. 31-51

Roland Ahlstrand, Christopher J McLachlan, Robert MacKenzie, Alexis Rydell and Mark Stuart

Changing labour migration flows after Brexit: An analysis of UK survey and administrative data pp. 53-74

Alessandro Cusimano, Chiara Paola Donegani and Stephen McKay

Looking for a ‘just transition’: Sustainable forestry in Sweden and biodiverse beet sugar production in Denmark pp. 75-94

Linda Clarke and Melahat Sahin-Dikmen

Job mobility, reallocation and wage growth: A tale of two countries pp. 95-113

Alexander Hijzen, Mats Lillehagen and Wouter Zwysen

Servant of three masters? Comparing competing demands of representation, integration and solidarity – Dutch vis-à -vis German works councils pp. 115-138

Martin Behrens, Wolfram Brehmer, Yolanda Grift, Saraï Sapulete, Annette van den Berg and Arjen van Witteloostuijn

Volume 30, issue 4, 2024

Workers with few hours – who secures their social rights? – The role of social dialogue and collective bargaining pp. 349-361

Trine Pernille Larsen and Anna Ilsøe

Dualisation and part-time work in France, Germany and the UK: Accounting for within and between country differences in precarious work pp. 363-381

Jill Rubery, Damian Grimshaw, Philippe Méhaut and Claudia Weinkopf

Unions and precarious work: How power resources shape diverse strategies and outcomes pp. 383-402

Arjan Keizer, Mat Johnson, Trine P Larsen, Bjarke Refslund and Damian Grimshaw

Bringing labour market flexibilization under control? Marginal work and collective regulation in the creative industries in the Netherlands pp. 403-420

Wike Been and Maarten Keune

Permanently marginalized? Securing living hours among part-time workers in hotels and restaurants in Northern Europe pp. 421-439

Anna Ilsøe, Trine Pernille Larsen, Sissel Trygstad, Lorraine Ryan, Kristine Nergaard and Juliette McMahon

The varying national agenda in variable hours contract regulation: Implications for the labour market regimes in the Netherlands and Finland pp. 441-461

Markku Sippola, Paul Jonker-Hoffrén and Satu Ojala

Volume 30, issue 3, 2024

Is labour migration disrupting dual vocational education and training systems? Empirical evidence from the Danish and Norwegian construction sectors pp. 245-263

Jens Arnholtz and Ståle Østhus

The European Company: Milestone or small step towards transnational employment relations in the European Union? pp. 265-286

Berndt Keller and Sophie Rosenbohm

Transnational trade union strategies in the context of market integration: The case of company union clubs in the Nordic finance sector pp. 287-308

Raoul Gebert

Strategic labour inspection in fissured workplaces and transnational employment relations: Lessons from co-enforcement approaches and transgovernmental cooperation pp. 309-327

Bettina Haidinger, Nathan Lillie, Pablo Sanz de Miguel, Sanna Saksela-Bergholm and Juan Arasanz

Job tenure in Western Europe, 1993–2021: Decline or stability? pp. 329-346

Kimberly Goulart and Daniel Oesch

Volume 30, issue 2, 2024

Strike incidence and outcomes: New evidence from the 2019 ECS pp. 123-149

John Addison and Paulino Teixeira

Digitalization and employment relations in the retail sector. Examining the role of trade unions in Italy and Spain pp. 151-178

Arianna Marcolin and Stefano Gasparri

Discounted prices, discounted respect? The influence of cultural norms on freelance contract relations in England and Taiwan pp. 179-200

Yiluyi Zeng

Platform work meets flexicurity: A comparison between Danish and Dutch social partners’ responses to the question of platform workers’ contract classification pp. 201-220

Matteo Marenco

Working apart: Domestic outsourcing in Europe pp. 221-241

Wouter Zwysen

Volume 30, issue 1, 2024

Editorial: In memory of Lorenzo Bordogna pp. 3-4

Guglielmo Meardi, Donato Di Carlo, Christian Ibsen and Oscar Molina

The new political economy of public sector wage-setting in Europe: Introduction to the special issue pp. 5-30

Donato Di Carlo, Christian Lyhne Ibsen and Oscar Molina

Same same but different? The Mediterranean growth regime and public sector wage-setting before and after the sovereign debt crisis pp. 31-53

Donato Di Carlo and Oscar Molina

Public sector wage bargaining and the balanced growth model: Denmark and Sweden compared pp. 55-75

Laust Høgedahl, Christian Lyhne Ibsen and Flemming Ibsen

Public sector employment relations: Germany in comparative perspective pp. 77-96

Berndt Keller

Arms-length influence: Public sector wage setting and export-led economic growth in Czechia and Slovakia pp. 97-119

Marta Kahancová and Katarína Staroňová