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Open Access Journal: „Survey Research Methods“

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Eine interesssante Zeitschrift – Survey Research Methods – wird von Peter Lynn, Universität Essex, GB, und Rainer Schnell, Universität Duisburg-Essen, herausgegeben.

„This peer-reviewed journal aims to be a high quality scientific publication that will be of interest to researchers in all disciplines involved in the design, implementation and analysis of surveys. The journal will be published electronically with free and open access via the internet. We aim for a fast review and publication process.“ (Quelle: www.surveymethods.org)

Neue Publikation: Wirkungen unterschiedlicher Betriebsratstypen

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The Effects of Different Types of Works Councils on Bargaining Outcomes. Results of an Empirical Study

„This article looks at the effects that different types of works councils have on the results of bargaining between a works council and management. It investigates, in particular, how the works council type has an influence on the use of company or works agreements and the assessment of such agreements by 1000 interviewed human resource managers. The typology combines two dimensions: power and willingness to cooperate. The resulting four types of works councils show different effects, controlling for other variables: overall, works agreements are widespread and highly valued by the majority of human resource managers. However, firms with a works council that the management perceives as being more powerful and less willing to cooperate have a higher number of works agreements. In this constellation, one also finds the worst assessments of works agreements by the human resource managers — they perceive such agreements as reducing flexibility and having fewer advantages. A more detailed analysis shows two more results: first, it is the power or strength of a works council, rather than the willingness to cooperate, that influences the frequency of works agreements. Second, the perceived willingness to cooperate has an effect on the assessment of works agreements, but not on their frequency.“

(Werner Nienhueser 2009: The Effects of Different Types of Works Councils on Bargaining Outcomes. Results of an Empirical Study. In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 30(3): 372–400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143831X09336567 (Link zum Aufsatz))

3rd International Research Workshop – Methods for Ph.D.

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October 4-9, 2009
Akademie Sankelmark, Flensburg (Germany)
University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg (Denmark)

For the third time Ph.D. students in the field of Social Sciences and Economics have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and experience in research on empirical data, including SOEP. The workshop language will be English. Interested parties from all countries are invited. The workshop is especially for those who need training in the process of choosing a topic, grounding the research idea in theory, as well as in gathering and analyzing data and presenting results in scientific contexts.

The workshop tackles these steps of Ph.D. research projects:

  • gathering data through (un)structured interviews and analyzing standardized survey data (e.g., SOEP),
  • using the computer for content analysis and as a statistical tool,
  • writing a report and making presentations.

These steps will strengthen the cooperation in empirical research to boost and streamline ones project.

It is possible to obtain credits for the workshop under the European Credit Transfer System.

The workshop fee is 370 Euro. This includes all lectures, meals, and accommodations during the workshop (October 4-9, 2009).

Organizers of the Workshop are: Helmut-Schmidt University – University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, University of Flensburg, the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) at the DIW Berlin, University of Southern Denmark Campus Soenderborg, Leuphana University Lüneburg, University of Hamburg – Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences and Faculty of Education Psychology and Human Movement.

For more information, see: http://ipa.hsu-hh.de/irws/