Research handbook on the future of work and employment relations /

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TextSeries: Publication details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2011.Description: xiii, 418 p. : illISBN:

9781848448469 (hbk.)
1848448465 (hbk.)

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331 RES

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Contents:

1. The Changing Face of Work and Employment Relations / Adrian Wilkinson and Keith Townsend -- Part I: Employment Relations Theory -- 2. The Future of Employment Relations: Insights from Theory / Bruce E. Kaufman -- 3. Finding the Future in the Past? The Social Philosophy of Oxford Industrial Relations Pluralism / Peter Ackers -- Part II: Actors -- 4. The State and Employment Relations / Jason Heyes and Ian Clark -- 5. Union Strategy and Circumstance: Bank to the Future and Forward to the Past? / Gregor Gall -- 6. Concerted Capital: Understanding Employer Interests and the Role of Employer Coordination in Contemporary Employment Relations / Michael Barry -- 7. New and Emerging Actors in Work and Employment Relations: The Case of Civil Society Organizations / Steve Williams, Brian Abbott and Edmund Heery -- 8. Employment Relations and Managerial Work: An International Perspective / John Hassard, Leo McCann and Jonathan Morris -- Part III: Rethinking Labour -- 9. Skills in the Twenty-first Century Organization: The Career of a Notion / Anne Fearfull and Martin Dowling -- 10. Working Time in the Employment Relationship: Working Time, Perceived Control and Work-life Balance / Lonnie Golden, Barbara Wiens-Tuers, Susan J. Lambert and Julia R. Henly -- 11. Migration and Labour Markets: An Interpretation of the Literature / Tom Lusis and Harald Bauder -- 12. Child Labor / Scott Lyon and Furio Rosati -- Part IV: Changing Contexts -- 13. Flexicurity: Still Going Strong or a Victim of the Crisis? / Peter Auer and Kazutoshi Chatani -- 14. Governance, Finance and Employment Relations / Geoffrey Wood -- 15. Employment Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility / Steve Brammer -- 16. Industrial Relations in China: Ball of Confusion? / E. Patrick McDermott -- Part V: Towards a Fairer Workplace? -- 17. Equity in the Twenty-first Century Workplace / Glenda Strachan, John Burgess and Erica French -- 18. Dimensions of Dignity: Defining the Future of Work / Sharon Bolton -- 19. Justice in the Twenty-first Century Organization / Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro and Rashpal K. Dhensa.

Summary: The broad field of employment relations is diverse and complex and is under constant development and reinvention. This handbook, written by international scholars, discusses fundamental theories and approaches to work and employment relations, and their connection to broader political and societal changes.

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1. The Changing Face of Work and Employment Relations / Adrian Wilkinson and Keith Townsend --
Part I: Employment Relations Theory --
2. The Future of Employment Relations: Insights from Theory / Bruce E. Kaufman --
3. Finding the Future in the Past? The Social Philosophy of Oxford Industrial Relations Pluralism / Peter Ackers --
Part II: Actors --
4. The State and Employment Relations / Jason Heyes and Ian Clark --
5. Union Strategy and Circumstance: Bank to the Future and Forward to the Past? / Gregor Gall --
6. Concerted Capital: Understanding Employer Interests and the Role of Employer Coordination in Contemporary Employment Relations / Michael Barry --
7. New and Emerging Actors in Work and Employment Relations: The Case of Civil Society Organizations / Steve Williams, Brian Abbott and Edmund Heery --
8. Employment Relations and Managerial Work: An International Perspective / John Hassard, Leo McCann and Jonathan Morris --
Part III: Rethinking Labour --
9. Skills in the Twenty-first Century Organization: The Career of a Notion / Anne Fearfull and Martin Dowling --
10. Working Time in the Employment Relationship: Working Time, Perceived Control and Work-life Balance / Lonnie Golden, Barbara Wiens-Tuers, Susan J. Lambert and Julia R. Henly --
11. Migration and Labour Markets: An Interpretation of the Literature / Tom Lusis and Harald Bauder --
12. Child Labor / Scott Lyon and Furio Rosati --
Part IV: Changing Contexts --
13. Flexicurity: Still Going Strong or a Victim of the Crisis? / Peter Auer and Kazutoshi Chatani --
14. Governance, Finance and Employment Relations / Geoffrey Wood --
15. Employment Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility / Steve Brammer --
16. Industrial Relations in China: Ball of Confusion? / E. Patrick McDermott --
Part V: Towards a Fairer Workplace? --
17. Equity in the Twenty-first Century Workplace / Glenda Strachan, John Burgess and Erica French --
18. Dimensions of Dignity: Defining the Future of Work / Sharon Bolton --
19. Justice in the Twenty-first Century Organization / Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro and Rashpal K. Dhensa.

The broad field of employment relations is diverse and complex and is under constant development and reinvention. This handbook, written by international scholars, discusses fundamental theories and approaches to work and employment relations, and their connection to broader political and societal changes.

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