Introducing Employment Relations

This is an insightful and critical text that introduces students to the full range of participants and processes within individual and collective employment relationships.

Autorentext

Dr Steve Williams is a Reader in Employment Relations at the University of Portsmouth.

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Combining a broad variety of contemporary examples with up-to-date research, this thought-provoking text will help you to develop your knowledge, understanding, and critical assessment of the main theories and themes relating to employment relations.

Zusammenfassung
This new and extensively updated edition of Introducing Employment Relations draws on the most up-to-date research and contemporary examples to help students develop their knowledge, understanding and critical assessment of the main issues relating to employment relations. Essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates studying employment relations, human resource management, and business studies, Introducing Employment Relations contains a wealth of features designed to prompt students to critically reflect on how employment relations are regulated, experienced, and contested by organizations and employees; collectively or individually. Facilitating learning and prompting lively debates, such features include case studies, reflective segments, international perspectives, insights into practice, summary points, and end-of-chapter assignment and discussion questions. Whilst maintaining a critical focus to draw out the contemporary debates surrounding employment relations, this text is written in a lively, engaging and accessible style. This book is supported by a range of online resources, including: For students: Annotated web links Web case studies Updates to content relating to legislation, research, or policy Video links For lecturers: PowerPoint slides Case study guide A guide to end-of-chapter questions A guide to web cases

Inhalt

• Part 1: Introducing employment relations

• 1: The nature of employment relations

• Part 2: The dimensions of employment relations

• 2: Employment relations in the contemporary economy

• 3: The politics of employment relations

• 4: Social divisions and employment relations

• Part 3: Key elements of employment relations

• 5: Managing employment relations

• 6: Trade unions and worker representation

• 7: Pay determination and employment relations

• 8: Working time and employment relations

• Part 4: Conflict and employment relations

• 9: Labour conflict and employment relations

• 10: Resolving labour conflict

• Part 5: Employment relations: Perspectives and prospects

• 11: Globalization and employment relations

• 12: Conclusion: Understanding employment relations