TY - BOOK AU - Sprenger, Wim PY - 2011 DA - 2011// TI - Trade unions and innovation - innovative unions? experiences from selected EU member states T3 - Rostocker Beiträge zur Wirtschafts- und Organisationspsychologie CY - Rostock KW - Unternehmen KW - Innovationsmanagement KW - Gewerkschaft KW - Mitbestimmung KW - Vergleich KW - Großbritannien KW - Finnland KW - Niederlande KW - Spanien AB - Which role and facilities are available to trade unions and works councils within the countries of the European Union to co-influence innovation in companies and institutions? This is the main question dealt with in this literature study. Four short country reports will be presented to analyse this question. It will be shown that there are substantial differences between and within countries, due to industrial relations practices, trade union power (density) and poli-cies, government regulation and facilitation, management traditions and activities of other stakeholders. UR - http://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00002247 UR - https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00002247 DO - 10.18453/rosdok_id00002247 LA - English N1 - Wim Sprenger ID - 747406596 ER -