Franz Traxler

Zur Person / Biographical Details

Date of Birth: November 21, 1951
Current Position: Full Professor of Industrial Sociology, University of Vienna
Since 1992 Full Professor of Industrial Sociology, University of Vienna
1985 - 1992 Assistant Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
1976 - 1985 Senior Lecturer of the Federal Academy of Public Administration, Vienna

Selected professional activities include: Member of the editorial board, Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie (Austrian Journal of Sociology) (1979 - 1992); Austria's Contact of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) (1984 - 1991); Co-organizer, Plenary Session "Organizational Culture", Joint Conference of the Austrian, German and Swiss Sociological Association, Zurich (1988); Co-organizer, 10th EGOS Colloquium, Vienna (1991); President of the Austrian Sociological Association (1993 - 1997); Co-editor, Industrielle Beziehungen, Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management (The German Journal of Industrial Relations) (since 1994); Convenor of the 2nd Conference of the European Sociological Association, Budapest (1995); Coordinator for the Research Network on Industrial Relations, Labour Market Institutions and Employment within the framework of the European Sociological Association (ESA) (since 1996); Co-organizer of the Joint Conference of the Austrian, German and Swiss Sociological Assocation, Freiburg (1998); Consultant to the OECD, Paris (1992-1994) and the ILO, Geneva (1993-4, 1998); Member of the Advisory/Editorial Boards of Current Politics and Economics of Europe, European Journal of Industrial Relations and European Sociological Review (on behalf of the European Consortium for Sociological Research).

Research Interests include comparative industrial relations, industrial sociology and organizational sociology, with a focus on institutions, their social preconditions and economic performance.

Background Information on the Chair in Industrial Sociology: This chair is integrated into the Business School of the University of Vienna (i.e. the Betriebswirtschaftszentrum/Centre for Business Administration). Teaching obligations in the field of general sociology, methods of empirical research, organizational sociology, industrial sociology and industrial relations refer mainly to students of business administration and, to a minor extent, to students of sociology.

Ausgewählte Publikationen / Selected Publications

  • National Labour Relations in Internationalized Markets. A Cross-national Analysis of Institutional Patterns, Change and Performance (with S. Blaschke and B. Kittel), Oxford 2001
  • European Employment and Industrial Relations Glossary: Austria (with A. Guger and U. Runggaldier), London 2000
  • Interessenverbände der Unternehmer. Konstitutionsbedingungen und Steuerungs-kapazitäten, analysiert am Beispiel Österreichs, Frankfurt/M. New York 1986
  • Organized Industrial Relations in Europe: What Future? (ed.; co-editor Colin Crouch), Aldershot 1995
  • Industrial Relations Between Command and Market. A Comparative Analysis of Eastern Europe and China (ed.; co-editors C. Schienstock and P. Thompson), New York 1997
  • Austrian Trade Unions: Between Continuity and Modernisation (with S. Blaschke and A. Kirschner); in: Waddington, J./ R. Hoffmann (eds.) Trade Unions in Europe. Facing Challenges and Searching for Solutions, Brussels 2000, 81-103
  • Das Tarifverhandlungssystem als Schlüsselinstitution des Europäischen Sozialmodells?; in: Verzetnitsch, F. (ed.) Auf dem Weg zu einem europäischen Sozialmodell, Wien 2000, 83-93.
  • Employers and Employer Organisations: Membership Strength, Density and Representativeness, in: Industrial Relations Journal Vol. 31, 2000, 308-316
  • National Pacts and Wage Regulation in Europe: A Comparative Analysis, in: Fajertag G./ Pochet P. (eds.) Social Pacts in Europe, Brussels 2000, 401-417
  • Nationale Pakte im internationalen Vergleich, in: WSI Mitteilungen, Jg. 53, 2000, 411-418
  • The Bargaining System and Performance: A Comparison of 18 OECD Countries (with B. Kittel); in: Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 33, 2000, 1154-1190
  • Transnational Investment and National Labour Market Regimes: A Case of 'Regime Shopping'? (with B. Woitech); in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 6, 2000, 141-159
  • Arbeitsmarktregulierung zwischen Marktzwängen und industrieller Demokratie. Auf dem Weg zu einem europäischen Modell?; in: Zentrum für Europa- und Nordamerika-Studien (ed.) Sozialmodell Europa. Konturen eines Phänomens, Jahrbuch für Europa- und Nordamerika-Studien, Opladen 2000, 179-200
  • The Role of Employer Associations and Labour Unions in the EMU. Institutional Requirements for European Economic Policies (ed.; co-editors G. Huemer and M. Mesch) Aldershot 1999
  • Employers and Employer Organisations: The Case of Governability; in: Industrial Relations Journal, Vol. 30, 1999, 345-354
  • The State in Industrial Relations: A Cross-national Analysis of Developments and Socioeconomic Effects, in: European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 36, 1999, 55-85
  • Wirtschaftliche Internationalisierung und die (Dis)Organisierung der Arbeits-beziehungen; in: Schmidt, G./ Trinczek, R. (ed.), Globalisierung, Soziale Welt, 1999, Sonderband 13, 79-94
  • Collective Bargaining in the OECD: Developments, Preconditions and Effects; in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 4, 1998, 207-226
  • Der Staat in den Arbeitsbeziehungen. Entwicklungstendenzen und ökonomische Effekte im internationalen Vergleich; in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 39. Jg., 1998, 235-260