The Realities of Partnership at Work

A definitive study of partnership at work in the UK, with extensive surveys and interviews in organizations from the finance, NHS and local government sectors. The authors challenge conventional assumptions about the mutual interest associated with partnership, and find evidence of work intensification where partnership has been introduced.   

List of contents

Partnership at Work What is Partnership The High Performance Workplace: Fact or Fiction? Gambling with Employee Voice in the Finance Sector Best Value in a Local Authority Partnership on Prescription in the NHS Goodbye Blue Sky: Partnership in the UK Aerospace Sector Whither Partnership?

About the author

Author Martin Upchurch: Martin Upchurch is Professor of International Employment Relations at Middlesex University, London.   

Summary

A definitive study of partnership at work in the UK, with extensive surveys and interviews in organizations from the finance, NHS and local government sectors. The authors challenge conventional assumptions about the mutual interest associated with partnership, and find evidence of work intensification where partnership has been introduced.   

Product details

• Authors: A Danford, A. Danford, Andy Danford, M. Richardson, Mike Richardson, S et al Tailby, S. Tailby, M Upchurch, M. Upchurch
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781349282869
• ISBN: 978-1-349-28286-9
• No. of pages: 193
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 11 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 269 g
• Illustrations: XI, 193 p.
• Series: Future of Work; Future of Work
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; B, Human Resource Management, Palgrave Business & Management Collection, finance;interest;organization;organizations