Industrial Relations
Theory and Practice
Paul Edwards(Editor)
Blackwell Publishers
2nd Edition
Published on 26. February 2009
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Hardback
552 pages
978-0-631-22257-6 (ISBN)
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The first edition of "Industrial Relations" combined original, up-to-date evidence with expert comment and analysis. For the second edition, this successful approach has been maintained, while the content has been completely revised and updated. Each of the chapters is written by an acknowledged expert in the field and provides a strong argument on a particular topic. At the same time key issues, such as coherence of efforts to reform industrial relations and the potential different routes of development, run through many chapters. The second edition pays particular attention to the effects of European and international developments on British industrial relations. There are two new chapters: the first examines the role of multinational companies in changing the British employment relationship; and, the second looks at the individualisation of the employment relationship, building on the book's existing analysis of the experience of work from an employee point of view.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
20
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Weight
1082 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-22257-6 (9780631222576)
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Content
List of Figures and Tables. List of Common Abbreviations. List of Contributors. Preface. 1. The Employment Relationship and the Field of Industrial Relations, Paul Edwards 2. The Historical Evolution of British IR, Richard Hyman 3. The Labour Market: History, Structure and Prospects, Peter Nolan and Gary Slater 4. Foreign Multinationals and Industrial Relations Innovation in Britain, Anthony Ferner 5. The State: Economic Management and Incomes Policy, Colin Crouch 6. Labour Law and Industrial Relations: A New Settlement? Linda Dickens and Mark Hall 7. Management: Systems, Structures and Strategy, Keith Sisson and Paul Marginson 8. The Management of Pay as the Influence of Collective Bargaining Diminishes, William Brown, Paul Marginson and Janet Walsh 9. Trade Union Organization, Jeremy Waddington 10. Employee Representation: Shop Stewards and the New Legal Framework, Michael Terry 11. Industrial Relations in the Public Sector, Stephen Bach and David Winchester 12. Indivisualism and the Collectivism in Industrial Relations, Ian Kessler and John Purcell 13. New Forms of Work Organization: Still Limites, Still Controlled but Still Welcome? John F. Geary 14. Managing without Unions: The Sources and Limitations of Individualism, Trevor Colling 15. Training, Ewart Keep and Helen Rainbird 16. The Industrial Relations of a Diverse Workforce, Sonia Liff 17. Low Pay and the National Minimum Wage, Jill Rubery and Paul Edwards 18. Employment Relations in Small Firms, Richard Scase 19. Industrial Relations, HRM and Performance, Peter Nolan and Kathy O'donnell 20. Concluding Comments. Paul Edwards. Index.