Routledge Research in Employment Relations
About the Book Series
Aspects of the employment relationship are central to numerous courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Drawing from insights from industrial relations, human resource management and industrial sociology, this series provides an alternative source of research-based materials and texts, reviewing key developments in employment research. Books published in this series are works of high academic merit, drawn from a wide range of academic studies in the social sciences.
Towards a European Labour Identity: The Case of the European Works Council
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Whittall, Herman Knudsen, Fred Huijgen
April 24, 2007
Since 1996 a growing number of European employees have access to a European works council (EWC), a transnational employee body designed to complement national forms of labour representation . This volume brings together a hep hive of contributors who present valuable new insights into how employee ...
Union Recognition: Organising and Bargaining Outcomes
1st Edition
Edited
By Gregor Gall
November 07, 2005
Several thousand new trade union recognition agreements have been signed since 1997, representing a major development within industrial relations in Britain. This has resulted from the interaction of union organizing efforts and the statutory union recognition provisions of the Employment Relations...
French Industrial Relations in the New World Economy
1st Edition
By Nick Parsons
July 19, 2005
Examining the traditionally predominant role of the state in shaping employment patterns and social policy in France, French Industrial Relations in the New World Economy analyzes the impact of globalization on French industrial relations. Looking at the changing economic context of industrial ...
Management, Labour Process and Software Development: Reality Bites
1st Edition
By Rowena Barrett
May 19, 2005
This revealing book is about software development, the developers themselves, and how their work is organized and managed. The latest original research from Australia, Europe, and the UK is used to examine the differences between the image and reality of work in this industry. Chapters also cover ...
Human Resource Management in Developing Countries
1st Edition
Edited
By Pawan S. Budhwar, Yaw A. Debrah
August 24, 2004
Focusing on HRM developments in thirteen developing countries across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, this book explores the contextual functions of HR in these countries. In addition, it analyzes the more general issues of HRM in cross-national settings to give readers an understanding of HR that...
European Works Councils: Pessimism of the Intellect Optimism of the Will?
1st Edition
Edited
By Ian Fitzgerald, John Stirling
December 18, 2003
This book covers the key themes related to the introduction, growth development and future of European Works Councils: the European Works Council Directive itself, European Works Council Agreements, Employers' strategies for managing European Works Councils in practice and trade union strategies ...
New Unions, New Workplaces: Strategies for Union Revival
1st Edition
By Andy Danford, Mike Richardson, Martin Upchurch
February 28, 2003
This book makes a major contribution to the debate within the UK and abroad on the reality of workplace unionism in an era of change. Drawing on examples of union renewal, the authors present an historical overview, and compare the UK experience with contrasting international examples. It presents ...
Redefining Public Sector Unionism: UNISON and the Future of Trade Unions
1st Edition
Edited
By Mike Terry
November 02, 2000
This book brings together contributions from both expert academics and leading figures of UNISON in an in-depth analysis of the union's achievements to date. As the largest and most influential trade union in the public sector, UNISON is an ideal case-study for the possible future development of UK...