Contemporary employment relations: a critical introduction
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| adam_text | Titel: Contemporary employment relations
Autor: Williams, Steve
Jahr: 2010
BRIEF CONTENTS
How to use this book
How to use the online resource centre
List of tables
List of boxes
List of figures
List of abbreviations
Preface: About this book
XIII
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xvii
xix
xxii
xxiii
xxvii
PART 1 Introducing Employment Relations
1 The nature of employment relations
PART 2 Contemporary Employment Relations in Context
2 Employment relations in the contemporary economy
3 The politics of employment relations
4 Social divisions and employment relations
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82
121
PART 3 Key Issues in Contemporary Employment Relations
5 Managing employment relations 169
6 Representation at work 211
7 Contemporary developments in pay and working time 255
8 Experiencing employment relations: involvement,
insecurity, intensification 298
9 Conflict and employment relations 328
viii BRIEF CONTENTS
PART 4 Conclusion
10 Employment relations: regulating, experiencing,
and contesting the employment relationship
371
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
381
385
415
DETAILED CONTENTS
How to use this book
How to use the online resource centre
List of tables
List of boxes
List of figures
List of abbreviations
Preface: About this book
XIII
xv
xvii
xix
xxii
xxiii
xxvii
PART 1 Introducing Employment Relations
1 The nature of employment relations
1.1 Introduction
Introductory case study: the relevance of employment relations
1.2 The employment relationship and employment relations
1.3 Employment relations as a field of study
1.4 Employment relations: actors, processes, outcomes,
and contexts
Conclusion
ASSIGNMENT AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CHAPTER CASE STUDY: MANAGING WITH UNIONS IN THE ROYAL MAIL
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PART 2 Contemporary Employment Relations in Context
2 Employment relations in the contemporary economy
2.1 Introduction
Introductory case study: agency workers and employment flexibility
2.2 Employment relations in the new economy
2.3 Employment relations in a global economy I: multinational
companies and union responses
2.4 Employment relations in a global economy II: regulating
international labour standards
Conclusion
ASSIGNMENT AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CHAPTER CASE STUDY: UNION ORGANIZATION OF ATYPICAL WORKERS
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DETAILED CONTENTS
3 The politics of employment relations
3.1 Introduction
Introductory case study: the European Union s Agency Workers Directive
3.2 State policy and employment relations in Britain
3.3 Labour and employment relations in Britain 1997-2009
3.4 Employment relations and the politics
of European integration
Conclusion
ASSIGNMENT AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CHAPTER CASE STUDY: TRADE UNIONS AND THE EURO
4 Social divisions and employment relations
4.1 Introduction
Introductory case study: pregnancy discrimination at work
4.2 Workplace inequality and employment relations
4.3 Public policy, anti-discrimination legislation,
and equality at work
4.4 Managing equality and diversity at work
4.5 Trade unions, collective bargaining, and the pursuit
of workplace equality
Conclusion
ASSIGNMENT AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CHAPTER CASE STUDY: EMPLOYER ATTITUDES TO EMPLOYEES WORK-LIFE BALANCE
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PART 3 Key Issues in Contemporary Employment Relations
5 Managing employment relations
5.1 Introduction
Introductory case study: engaging employees at McDonalds
5.2 Managing with trade unions
5.3 Challenging unions
5.4 Human resource management and employment relations
5.5 Managing employment relations in non-union
environments
5.6 Conceptualizing the management of employment
relations
Conclusion
ASSIGNMENT AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CHAPTER CASE STUDY: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND THE HOTEL INDUSTRY
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DETAILED CONTENTS
6 Representation at work 211
6.1 Introduction 211
Introductory case study: revitalizing trade unions: the case of Community 212
6.2 Trade unions, worker representation, and the rise
of a representation gap 212
6.3 Non-union forms of employee representation 221
6.4 Partnership agreements 234
6.5 Organizing unionism 243
Conclusion 252
ASSIGNMENT AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 253
CHAPTER CASE STUDY: E-UNIONS 253
7 Contemporary developments in pay and working time 255
7.1 Introduction 255
Introductory case study: the fair tips campaign 256
7.2 The changing pattern of pay determination in Britain 256
7.3 Pay inequality, low pay, and the National Minimum Wage 273
7.4 Developments in working time 284
Conclusion 295
ASSIGNMENT AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 295
CHAPTER CASE STUDY: THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE AND THE HAIRDRESSING INDUSTRY 296
8 Experiencing employment relations: involvement,
insecurity, intensification 298
8.1 Introduction 298
Introductory case study: employment relations in a recession 299
8.2 Developments in employee involvement and participation 299
8.3 Redundancy and insecurity 307
8.4 The intensification of work 318
Conclusion 326
ASSIGNMENT AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 326
CHAPTER CASE STUDY: WORK INTENSIFICATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR 327
9 Conflict and employment relations 328
9.1 Introduction 328
Introductory case study: the US writers strike 329
9.2 Strikes and employment relations 329
9.3 Other forms of industrial conflict 342
DETAILED CONTENTS
9.4 Resolving disputes in employment relations
Conclusion
ASSIGNMENT AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CHAPTER CASE STUDY: A BRITISH AIRWAYS CASE
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PART 4 Conclusion
10 Employment relations: regulating, experiencing,
and contesting the employment relationship
Regulating the employment relationship
Experiencing the employment relationship
Contesting the employment relationship
Future prospects for employment relations
371
371
374
375
377
Glossary
Bibliography
index
381
385
415
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