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Regionale Gestaltung von Arbeit: Beschäftigung, Mitbestimmung, Personalaufwand und Ausbildung in den 50 größten Unternehmen in Berlin

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Die vorliegende Untersuchung veranschaulicht die Bedeutung der 50 größten Unternehmen in Berlin mit Fokus auf ihre Beschäftigungsstrukturen. Haben sie ihren Hauptsitz in Berlin? Gibt es Branchenschwerpunkte? Wer sind die Eignerinnen und Eigner der Firmen? Welche Rolle spielt die Börsennotierung? Welchen finanziellen Impact haben sie durch ihre Personalausgaben? Wie verbreitet ist die Mitbestimmung in diesen Unternehmen? Inwiefern beteiligen sich die Unternehmen an der betrieblichen Ausbildung? Es geht darum einen tiefergehenden deskriptiven Blick auf Firmenebene zu bekommen. Denn wie die Studie zeigt, stehen die größten 50 Unternehmen in Berlin für mehr als jeden sechsten Beschäftigten und für jeden vierten Auszubildenden, insgesamt verausgaben die Unternehmen für Personal etwa halb so viel wie der Berliner Senatshaushalt. Den Unternehmen kommt daher eine enorme regionalwirtschaftliche Rolle zu. Hinsichtlich der Mitbestimmung zeigt sich, dass zwar Betriebsräte allgemein verbreitet sind, allerdings sind nur etwa sieben von zehn Beschäftigten durch Arbeitnehmervertreterinnen und Arbeitnehmervertreter in den Aufsichtsräten der allesamt großen Unternehmen repräsentiert. Immerhin sind fast zwei von fünf Unternehmen im Aufsichtsrat nicht mitbestimmt. Zugleich zeigt die Unter-suchung aber, dass speziell die paritätisch mitbestimmten Unternehmen im Verhältnis zu ihrer Zahl überproportional viele Beschäftigte haben und einen durchschnittlich höheren Personalaufwand verbuchen. Hinzu kommt, dass sich die Unternehmen mit einer starken Verankerung der Mitbe-stimmung besonders intensiv in der betrieblichen Ausbildung engagieren. Das ist besonders relevant, weil ein Großteil der Betriebe nur eine sehr geringe Ausbildungsquote hat.

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  • Scholz, Robert, 2020. "Regionale Gestaltung von Arbeit: Beschäftigung, Mitbestimmung, Personalaufwand und Ausbildung in den 50 größten Unternehmen in Berlin," Discussion Papers, Research Group Globalization, Work, and Production SP III 2020-301, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
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    Keywords

    Unternehmensführung; Arbeitskräfte und Beschäftigung; Größe und Struktur; Ausbildung; Größe und räumliche Verteilung der regionalen Wirtschaftstätigkeit; Corporate Governance; Labor Force and Employment; Size; and Structure; Training; Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity;
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    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • M53 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Training
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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