Industrial Relations
Theory and Practice
2nd Edition
Published on 9. February 2009
552 pages
978-1-4051-4202-1 (ISBN)
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This is a completely revised and updated second edition of the acclaimed Industrial Relations. The new book gives particular attention throughout to the effects of international and European developments on British Industrial Relations.
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Paul Edwards is Professor of Industrial Relations and Deputy Director, Industrial Relations Research Unit, University of Warwick, UK. His previous publications include Conflict at Work (1986), Managing the Factory (1987) and Attending to Work (1993). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and edited the journal Work, Employment and Society from 1996 to 1998.
Content
List of Figures and Tables.
List of Common Abbreviations.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
1. The Employment Relationship and the Field ofIndustrial Relations (Paul Edwards).
2. The Historical Evolution of British IR (RichardHyman).
3. The Labour Market: History, Structure and Prospects(Peter Nolan and Gary Slater).
4. Foreign Multinationals and Industrial Relations Innovation inBritain (Anthony Ferner).
5. The State: Economic Management and Incomes Policy(ColinCrouch).
6. Labour Law and Industrial Relations: A New Settlement?(Linda Dickens and Mark Hall).
7. Management: Systems, Structures and Strategy (Keith Sissonand Paul Marginson).
8. The Management of Pay as the Influence of CollectiveBargaining Diminishes (William Brown, Paul Marginson and JanetWalsh).
9. Trade Union Organization (Jeremy Waddington).
10. Employee Representation: Shop Stewards and the NewLegal Framework (Michael Terry).
11. Industrial Relations in the Public Sector (Stephen Bachand David Winchester).
12. Indivisualism and the Collectivism in Industrial Relations(Ian Kessler and John Purcell).
13. New Forms of Work Organization: Still Limites, StillControlled but Still Welcome? (John F. Geary).
14. Managing without Unions: The Sources and Limitations ofIndividualism (Trevor Colling).
15. Training (Ewart Keep and Helen Rainbird).
16. The Industrial Relations of a Diverse Workforce(SoniaLiff).
17. Low Pay and the National Minimum Wage (Jill Rubery andPaul Edwards).
18. Employment Relations in Small Firms (RichardScase).
19. Industrial Relations, HRM and Performance (Peter Nolanand Kathy O'donnell).
20. Concluding Comments (Paul Edwards).
Index.
