Work in Challenging and Uncertain Times - The Changing Employment Relationship

A refreshing but realistic view of how contemporary work relationships are now organised and managed, and sets out how we might develop a fairer, robust and workable framework for the new economy.

List of contents

1. Setting the Scene: Dark Forebodings 2. Voices from the Past 3. Gameplayers and Stakeholders 4. Fragmentation, Inequalities and Tensions: How are Organisations Responding? 5. Skills, Training and Development: Opportunities or Crisis? 6. Workeing Well? The Importance of Health and Wellbeing at Work 7. Regulating Employment Relationships 8. 'So what to do?'

About the author

Patricia Leighton is Professor Emeritus, University of South Wales and a Professor at Ipag Business School, France. She is an employment lawyer with wide research experience at national and international levels, is the author of many books and reports and runs her own training and consultancy business for HRM practitioners.
Tui McKeown is an Associate Professor in the Monash Business School, Monash University, Australia. Her research and publications span both the academic and practitioner space focusing on an active examination of the self employment and small business in the changing world of work.

Summary

A refreshing but realistic view of how contemporary work relationships are now organised and managed, and sets out how we might develop a fairer, robust and workable framework for the new economy.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Leighton, Patricia Mckeown Leighton, Leighton Patricia, Tui McKeown, McKeown Tui
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780367897482
• ISBN: 978-0-367-89748-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, Personnel & human resources management, Personnel and human resources management