Swiss multinational companies and their European Works Councils: European voluntarism meets Swiss voluntarism
分析了瑞士跨国公司如何应对欧洲工作委员会指令，发现由于欧洲和瑞士的自愿性法规，信息咨询实践质量差异大，瑞士员工虽参与但受益有限，仅当管理层和员工代表共同拥有所有权感时，才产生实质性跨国社会对话。
This article analyses how multinational companies based in Switzerland deal with the European Works Council directive. As a consequence of voluntaristic regulations, at both European and Swiss levels, the quality of the practices of information and consultation varies highly, largely depending on company-specific constellations. Our case studies show that Swiss employees play significant roles in European Works Councils, but few benefit clearly and directly from this new institution. Only in rare cases where both managers and key employee representatives have developed a sense of ownership has a truly transnational social dialogue at company level led to tangible results.