Blyton / Heery / Bacon The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4739-7172-1
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 688 Seiten, EPUB

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

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