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Subtitle: the role of labor-management relations in delivering quality government services
By: edited by Jonathan Brock and David B. Lipsky.
Contributors: Brock, Jonathan, 1949-; Lipsky, David B., 1939-; Industrial Relations Research Association.
Series: Industrial Relations Research Association series
Publisher: Industrial Relations Research Association
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Champaign, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Employee-management relations in government -- United States.; Collective bargaining -- Government employees -- United States.; Collective labor agreements -- Government employees -- United States.
Other titles: Role of labor-management relations in delivering quality government services
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: I. Critical issues in public sector collective bargaining. Public sector collective bargaining and the imperative for service delivery: an overview / Jonathan Brock and David B. Lipsky; title: The reform of public sector employment relations in industrialized democracies / Lorenzo Bordogna; title: Unionization trends and labor-management cooperation in the public sector / Terry Thomason and John F. Burton Jr.; title: II. The balance between equitable employment practices and efficient service delivery. Restructuring labor-management relations to improve government services / Stephen Goldsmith; title: The role and responsibility of union leaders for effective service delivery / Robert M. Tobias; title: Enacting labor-management cooperation: new competencies for new times / Sonia Ospina and Allon Yaroni; title: III. The effect of the structure of labor-management relations on service quality. Federal labor-management partnerships: perspectives, performance, and possibilities / Marick F. Masters and Robert R. Albright; title: Can unions be transformational agents in public sector workplace redesign? / Jeffrey H. Keefe; title: The modern guilds: the prospects for organizing around quality in public education / Charles Kerchner; title: IV. The legal framework in the public sector: issues, administration, and structure. Public sector labor law doctrine and labor management cooperation / Martin H. Malin; title: Wearing two hats: the unionization of public sector supervisors / Adrienne E. Eaton and Paula B. Voos.