@techreport{O'Reilly1996Theoretical,
abstract = {This article critically reviews a range of theoretical approaches to cross-national employment research. It classifies these studies in terms of universal and culturalist perspectives. Universalists tend to ignore the concept of culture, or at best acknowledge it as a marginal phenomenon or additional variable. Culturalists, on the other hand, have sought to integrate the concept of culture into their analysis at a socio-economic and institutional level as well as at the psychological level of the individual. The emphasis on similarities between countries tends to lead to a universalist approach, whilst the emphasis on difference is often supported by a more culturalist perspective. This review highlights that the shortcomings of these approaches in terms of accounting for change and the co-existence of similarity and diversity. Further more, these studies, for the most part, are blind to the affects and effects of gender on industrial organisation and employment practices. --  -- In dem Beitrag werden theoretische Ans\"{a}tze f\"{u}r international vergleichende Besch\"{a}ftigungsstudien kritisch \"{u}berpr\"{u}ft. Die Studien werden nach universalistischen und kulturalistischen Ans\"{a}tzen unterschieden. Universalisten tendieren dazu, die Kategorie Kultur zu ignorieren oder sie bestenfalls als ein marginales Ph\"{a}nomen oder eine zus\"{a}tzliche Variable zu akzeptieren. Kulturalisten auf der anderen Seite haben versucht, in ihren Analysen das Kultur-Konzept auf einer sozio\"{o}konomischen, institutionellen und individualpsychologischen Ebene zu integrieren.},
address = {Berlin},
author = {Jacqueline O'Reilly},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330},
language = {eng},
number = {FS I 96-203},
publisher = {WZB},
title = {Theoretical considerations in cross-national employment research},
type = {Discussion paper // Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin f\"{u}r Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt: Arbeitsmarkt und Besch\"{a}ftigung, Abteilung: Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Besch\"{a}ftigung},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/43934},
year = {1996}
}
