The future of employment relations
Subtitle: new paradigms, new developments
By: edited by Adrian Wilkinson and Keith Townsend
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230240940
Subjects: Industrial relations; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture
Description: "Discussing some fundamental theories and approaches to work and employment relations, and their connection to broader political and societal changes occurring throughout the world, this book contains a series of informed contributions written by prominent leading scholars from across the globe in their respective fields"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: The Changing Face of Work and Employment Relations; K.Townsend & A.Wilkinson; title: PART I: MANAGING PEOPLE IN ORGANISATIONS; title: High Performance Human Resources; D.Lewin; title: Gender, Equality, Diversity and a New Industrial Relations Paradigm? G.Kirton; title: Managing ER across Organisational Boundaries; M.Marchington, K.Hadjivassiliou, R.Martin & A.Cox; title: Franchises, Organisations and HRM; A.Kellner, K.Townsend& A.Wilkinson; title: PART II: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON EMPLOYMENT; title: Engaged in What? So What? A Role-Based Perspective for the Future of Employee Engagement; T.M.Welbourne; title: Developing a Contemporary Approach to Conceptualising Employee Actions; K.Townsend & J.Richards; title: Employee Looks and Lookism: A New Form of Labour and Employment Discrimination; C.Warhurst, D.Van den Broek, D.Nickson & R.Hall; title: Trust, HRM and the Employment Relationship; G.Dietz, A.Martins & R.Searle; title: PART III: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AND THE SOCIETY; title: Workplace Partnership and the Future Trajectory of Employment Relations within Liberal Market Economies; T.Dobbins & T.Dundon; title: The Global Financial Crisis and Workplace Relations; D.Peetz, A.Frost & S.Le Queux; title: Sustainability and HRM: A Model and Suggestions for Future Research; I.Ehnert; title: Corporate Governance Systems and Industrial Relations; C.Brewster, M.Goergen & G.Wood.