The Sage Handbook of Industrial Relations

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4129-1154-2
Verlag: Blue Rose Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 688 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 1338 g

This handbook is an indispensable teaching, research and reference guide for anyone interested in issues of labour and employment. The editors have assembled a top-flight group of authors and the end-product is an encompassing state-of-the-art review of the industrial relations field' - Professor Bruce E Kaufman, AYSPS, Georgia State University 'This Handbook will quickly become the standard reference in industrial relations research. It provides the most comprehensive and challenging presentation of the key theoretical debates and topics of research that will shape our field well into the 21st century. All who wish to contribute to this field will need to read this volume and then build on what these authors have to say' - Professor Thomas A. Kochan, MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research 'This authoritative panorama of the field demonstrates the contemporary vitality, breadth and critical depth of industrial relations scholarship and research. Thirty-four stimulating essays, by an international blend of leading academics, expertly review the analytical and empirical state of play across all aspects of industrial relations enquiry. In doing so, a rich agenda for further scholarly endeavour emerges' - Paul Marginson, University of Warwick Over the last two decades, a number of factors have converged to produce a major rethink about the field of Industrial Relations. Globalization, the decline of trade unions, the spread of high performance work systems and the emergence of a more feminized, flexible work-force have opened new avenues of inquiry. The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations charts these changes and analyzes them. It provides a systematic, comprehensive survey of the field. The book is organized into four interrelated sections: " Theorizing Industrial Relations " The changing institutions that shape employment practice " The processes used by governments, employers and unions " Income inequality, employee wellbeing, business performance and national comparative advantages The result is a work of unprecedented scope and unparalleled ambition. It offers a compete guide to the central debates, new developments and emerging themes in the field. It will quickly be recognized as the indispensable reference for Teachers, Students and Researchers. It is relevant to economists, lawyers, sociologists, business and management researchers and Industrial Relations specialists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blyton, Paul

Heery, Edmund

Bacon, Nicolas A

Fiorito, Jack

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht Betriebsverfassung, Personalvertretung, Mitbestimmungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Field of Industrial Relations - Edmund Heery, Nick Bacon, Paul Blyton and Jack Fiorito
Part One PERSPECTIVES AND APPROACHES
The History of Industrial Relations as a Field of Study - Carola Frege
Industrial Relations and the Social Sciences - Peter Ackers and Adrian Wilkinson
System And Change In Industrial Relations Analysis - Edmund Heery
Values, Ideologies, and Frames of Reference in Industrial Relations - John W Budd and Devasheesh Bhave
The Influence of Product Markets on Industrial Relations - William Brown
Varieties of Capitalism and Industrial Relations - Kerstin Hamann and John Kelly
New Forms of Work and the High Performance Paradigm - Stephen Procter
Changing Traditions in Industrial Relations Research - George Strauss and Keith Whitfield
Part Two THE ACTORS IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Trade Union Morphology - Jack Fiorito and Paul Jarley
Trade Union Strategy - Peter Boxall
Employer Organizations - Franz Traxler
Management Strategy and Industrial Relations - Nicolas Bacon
The State in Industrial Relations - Richard Hyman
The Legal Framework of Employment Relations - Simon Deakin and Wanjiru Njoya
The State as Employer - Marick F. Masters, Mr Ray Gibney, Ms Iryna Shevchuk and Tom Zagenczyk
International Actors and International Regulation - Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
Works Councils - Jean Jenkins and Paul Blyton
The Evolution of Stakeholder Regimes: Beyond Neo-Corporatism - Charles Heckscher
Part Three INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PROCESSES
Union Formation - John Godard
The Changing Structure of Collective Bargaining - Robert J. Flanagan
The High Performance Work Systems Literature in Industrial Relations - Ann Frost
Employee Involvement and Direct Participation - Russell D. Lansbury and Nick Wailes
Resolving Conflict - David Lewin
Part Four INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS OUTCOMES
Contingent Work Arrangements - Daniel G. Gallagher
The Theory and Practice of Pay Setting - Alex Bryson and John Forth
Working Time and Work-Life Balance - Paul Blyton
Worker Well-Being - David Guest
Industrial Relations Climate - Ali Dastmalchian
Equality at Work - Barbara Pocock
Conflict at Work - Gregor Gall and Robert Hebdon
Skill Formation - Irena Grugulis
Industrial Relations and Business Performance - John T. Delaney
Labor Market Institutions around the World - Richard B. Freeman