The broad field of employment relations is diverse and complex and is under constant development and reinvention. This Research Handbook discusses fundamental theories and approaches to work and employment relations, and their connection to broader political and societal changes occurring throughout the world. It provides comprehensive coverage of work and employment relations theory and practice. This up-to-date research compendium has drawn together a range of international authors from diverse disciplinary backgrounds. There are chapters from labor historians, theoreticians, more mainstream industrial relations scholars, sociologists, organizational psychologists, geographers, policy advisors, economists and lawyers. At the heart of each chapter is the notion that the world of work and employment relations has changed substantially since the halcyon days of IR, throughout the Dunlop Era of the 1950s. However many areas of enquiry remain, and more questions have developed with society and technology. This Handbook reflects this view. As the field of study and practice continues to evolve throughout the twenty-first century - what lessons have we learned from the past and what can we expect in the future? Academics and postgraduate students researching industrial relations, human resource management, employment relations, industrial sociology and sociology of work will find this important resource invaluable.
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The broad field of employment relations is diverse and complex and is under constant development and reinvention. This Research Handbook discusses fundamental theories and approaches to work and employment relations, and their connection to broader political and societal changes occurring throughout the world.
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Contents: 1. The Changing Face of Work and Employment Relations Adrian Wilkinson and Keith Townsend PART I: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS THEORY 2. The Future of Employment Relations: Insights from Theory Bruce E. Kaufman 3. Finding the Future in the Past? The Social Philosophy of Oxford Industrial Relations Pluralism Peter Ackers PART II: ACTORS 4. The State and Employment Relations Jason Heyes and Ian Clark 5. Union Strategy and Circumstance: Bank to the Future and Forward to the Past? Gregor Gall 6. Concerted Capital: Understanding Employer Interests and the Role of Employer Coordination in Contemporary Employment Relations Michael Barry 7. New and Emerging Actors in Work and Employment Relations: The Case of Civil Society Organizations Steve Williams, Brian Abbott and Edmund Heery 8. Employment Relations and Managerial Work: An International Perspective John Hassard, Leo McCann and Jonathan Morris PART III: RETHINKING LABOUR 9. Skills in the Twenty-first Century Organization: The Career of a Notion Anne Fearfull and Martin Dowling 10. Working Time in the Employment Relationship: Working Time, Perceived Control and Work–life Balance Lonnie Golden, Barbara Wiens-Tuers, Susan J. Lambert and Julia R. Henly 11. Migration and Labour Markets: An Interpretation of the Literature Tom Lusis and Harald Bauder 12. Child Labor Scott Lyon and Furio Rosati PART IV: CHANGING CONTEXTS 13. Flexicurity: Still Going Strong or a Victim of the Crisis? Peter Auer and Kazutoshi Chatani 14. Governance, Finance and Employment Relations Geoffrey Wood 15. Employment Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility Steve Brammer 16. Industrial Relations in China: Ball of Confusion? E. Patrick McDermott PART V: TOWARDS A FAIRER WORKPLACE? 17. Equity in the Twenty-first Century Workplace Glenda Strachan, John Burgess and Erica French 18. Dimensions of Dignity: Defining the Future of Work Sharon Bolton 19. Justice in the Twenty-first Century Organization Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro and Rashpal K. Dhensa Index
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‘This is an enlightening text on the subject of employment and work relations that will be useful for students in economics, specifically those studying labor relations.’

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ISBN
9781848448469
Publisert
2011-08-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
432

Biographical note

Edited by Keith Townsend, Professor of Human Resources and Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University, Australia and Adrian Wilkinson, Professor of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia and Visiting Professor, University of Sheffield, UK