OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of European Journal of Industrial Relations is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Strike incidence and outcomes: New evidence from the 2019 ECS	42
Research note: Mind the gaps – The problems and politics of bibliographic analysis for comparative industrial relations research on workplace equalities	16
Workplace regimes and contractual insecurity in European employment	12
Transnational trade union strategies in the context of market integration: The case of company union clubs in the Nordic finance sector	11
Exploring host and home country effects on industrial relations in Chinese multinational enterprises – Evidence from Ireland	11
C’est pareil mais différent : A comparison of union support in France and the U.S.	11
Policies to strengthen collective bargaining	10
Multiple strategies but small gains: Trade union revitalization and power resources in Central Eastern Europe after 2008	10
Restructuring regimes in and between two crises: A comparison of Sweden and the UK	9
Arms-length influence: Public sector wage setting and export-led economic growth in Czechia and Slovakia	8
COSCO and the privatisation of Piraeus port: A tale of three piers	8
Is it all the same? Types of innovation and their relationship with direct control, technical control and algorithmic management	8
Defining the problem of low wage growth in Australia and Denmark: From the actors’ perspectives	7
Labour market regulation and the demand for migrant labour: A comparison of the adult social care sector in England and the Netherlands	7
Trade union project-based revitalization strategies in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case of Slovenia and Estonia	6
Lost in the crowd? An investigation into where microwork is conducted and classifying worker types	5
Chinese investment in Central and Eastern Europe: Studying the evolution of industrial relations after the takeover of a Slovenian company	5
Diffusing innovations for revitalisation: Conditions and mechanisms across western European and CEE trade unions	5
Trade union revitalization in hard times: a mission impossible?	5
Workers with few hours – who secures their social rights? – The role of social dialogue and collective bargaining	5
The long road to gender equality in the European construction, wood and forestry industries: Challenges and opportunities for unions	5
The new political economy of public sector wage-setting in Europe: Introduction to the special issue	5
The international recruitment chain: Experiences and policy recommendations	5
Changing labour migration flows after Brexit: An analysis of UK survey and administrative data	4
Industrial relations in Chinese multinational corporations in Europe: A regional lens	4

Digitalization and employment relations in the retail sector. Examining the role of trade unions in Italy and Spain	4
Same same but different? The Mediterranean growth regime and public sector wage-setting before and after the sovereign debt crisis	4
Ryanair pilots: Unlikely pioneers of transnational collective action	3
Strategic labour inspection in fissured workplaces and transnational employment relations: Lessons from co-enforcement approaches and transgovernmental cooperation	3
Gains and pitfalls of coalitions: Societal resources as sources of trade union power in Croatia and Poland	3
Editorial: In memory of Lorenzo Bordogna	3
MNC effects? A cross-national comparison of the role of aerospace multinationals in the UK and Australian professional engineering skill formation systems	3
Cross-national relationships between employment quality and mental well-being: The role of organized labour strength	3
Job quality and institutional investors: Evidence in 17 OECD countries, 1993-2017	3
Unionization of retired workers in Europe	3
Decentralized pay coordination in Europe and the new Irish model	3
Revisiting dualism. The governance of the low pay-low skill labour market in four European countries	2
Risks to job quality from digital technologies: Are industrial relations in Europe ready for the challenge?	2
The power of the economic outlook: An ideational explanation of the distinct pattern of Finnish wage setting within the Nordic context	2
Job tenure in Western Europe, 1993–2021: Decline or stability?	2
Public sector employment relations: Germany in comparative perspective	2
Looking for a ‘just transition’: Sustainable forestry in Sweden and biodiverse beet sugar production in Denmark	2
Public sector wage bargaining and the balanced growth model: Denmark and Sweden compared	2