Employment Relations in the Voluntary Sector

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-42713-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 514 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations

This new book addresses the topical issues surrounding employment relations in UK voluntary organizations that operate within the quasi-market of social care. Combining an analysis of the established literature with in-depth qualitative field work, Ian Cunningham explores the nature of power relations between state and voluntary sector; implications of employment policy and subsequent pressures for change in pay and working conditions; the influence of trade unions in the sector; management’s capacity to resist external pressure and employee responses to this environment.

Cunningham’s focus on the employment relationship in this sector is unique, highlighting a complex and variable pattern of interdependence and subordination between government agencies and voluntary sector employers. The author examines the way in which financial pressures from the state coupled with weak unionization diminish working conditions, arguing that employee morale will not be sustained if the voluntary sector fails to maintain its autonomy and minimize its dependency on state funding.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cunningham, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Non-Profit-Organisationen, Verbände
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. The Development of the State Voluntary Sector Relationship and its Impact on Employment Relations 3. Understanding the Psychological Contract in the Voluntary Sector 4. Research Methods 5. Voluntary Sector Work and Employment Relations in the Quasi-Market 6. Case Study 1 7. Case Study 2 8. Case Study 3 9. Conclusion and Discussion

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Cunningham is Senior Lecturer in HRM at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.