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Originally published in 1971, this wide-ranging study illuminates many crucial wage and employment issues by examining the operation of local labour markets and by testing labour market theory against the observed behaviour of employers and employees in different labour market environments. It is based on an empirical investigation of engineering plants both in major conurbations and in smaller labour market areas. There is an emphasis on measurement and quantification, which provides a fund of information on such subjects as wage structures, labour turnover, recruitment and mobility, internal labour markets, manpower forecasting, apprentice training and redundancy. The authors outline the weaknesses of applying economic theory to labour market behaviour.
List of contents
Part 1: Introduction 1. Theory and Empirical Evidence 2. Method of Enquiry 3. The Labour Market Areas Part 2: Wages 4. The Inter-Plant Wage Structure 5. The Internal Wage Structure Part 3: Labour Turnover 6. Wages and Labour Turnover 7. Employment Conditions and Labour Turnover 8. Personal Characteristics and Labour Turnover Part 4: Labour Recruitment and Mobility 9. Recruitment and Mobility by Area and Industry 10. Occupational and Complex Mobility 11. Internal Mobility Part 5: Personnel and Manpower Policies 12. Manpower Forecasting and Apprentice-Training 13. Methods of Recruitment and Selection 14. Redundancy Part 6: Conclusions 15. Implications for Theory and Policy.
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D.I. Mackay, D. Boddy, J. Brack, J.A. Diack, N. Jones
Summary
Originally published in 1971, this wide-ranging study illuminates many crucial wage and employment issues by examining the operation of local labour markets and by testing labour market theory against the observed behaviour of employers and employees in different labour market environments.
