The new German model of employee relations: Flexible collectivism or Anglo-Saxonisation?

Addresses the issue of whether the 2001 German model of employee relations will resemble a more flexible version of the current one or whether it will emerge as an Anglo-Saxonized German model. Main characteristics and track record of the model of labor relations; Economic effects of a strong employment protection legislation; Assessment of the series of reforms throughout the 1990s.