Evolution of the Modern Workplace

Klappentext An authoritative account of how the workplace has changed, and why it has changed, for both workers and employers. Zusammenfassung The last thirty years have seen the world of work transformed in Britain. Manufacturing and nationalized industries contracted and private services expanded. This book provides an authoritative account of how the world of the workplace has changed! and why it has changed! for both workers and employers. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; Preface; 1. Researching the changing workplace William Brown and Paul Edwards; 2. Competition and the retreat from collective bargaining William Brown, Alex Bryson and John Forth; 3. Trade union decline and the economics of the workplace David G. Blanchflower and Alex Bryson; 4. Employee representation Andy Charlwood and John Forth; 5. Voice at the workplace: where do we find it, why is it there and where is it going? Paul Willman, Rafael Gomez and Alex Bryson; 6. From industrial relations to human resource management: the changing role of the personnel function David Guest and Alex Bryson; 7. High involvement management Stephen Wood and Alex Bryson; 8. Conflict at work: the changing pattern of disputes Gill Dix, Keith Sisson and John Forth; 9. Employees' experience of work Francis Green and Keith Whitfield; 10. Equality and diversity at work Andrew Pendleton, Keith Whitfield and Alex Bryson; 11. The changing use of contingent pay at the modern British workplace Shirley Dex and John Forth; 12. Foreign ownership and industrial relations Tony Edwards and Janet Walsh; 13. The public sector in transition Stephen Bach, Rebecca Kolins Givan and John Forth; 14. Legal regulation and the changing workplace Linda Dickens and Mark Hall; 15. Conclusion: the evolutionary process William Brown, Alex Bryson, John Forth and Keith Whitfield; Technical appendix John Forth and Alex Bryson; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: William Bryson Brown
• Assisted by: William Brown (Editor), William (University of Cambridge) Brown (Editor), Alex Bryson (Editor), Alex (Senior Research Fellow Bryson (Editor), Bryson Alex (Editor), John Forth (Editor), John (National Institute of Economic and Social Research Forth (Editor), Keith Whitfield (Editor), Keith (Cardiff University) Whitfield (Editor), Whitfield Keith (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107405042
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40504-2
• No. of pages: 428
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Working patterns & practices, Personnel & human resources management, Working patterns and practices, Personnel and human resources management, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety