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21. Human Resource Management in Developing Countries

    Edited by Pawan S. Budhwar, Yaw A. Debrah

    Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

    Focusing on HRM developments in thirteen developing countries across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, this book explores the contextual functions of HR in these countries. In addition, it analyzes the more general issues of HRM in cross-national settings to give readers an understanding of HR that...

    Published June 30th 2004 by Routledge
22. Employment Relations in Non-Union Firms

    By Tony Dundon, Derek Rollinson

    Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

    The precise relationship between an employee and employer is often ambiguous within complex organizational boundaries. This book re-evaluates the way employment relations are conceptualized and examines employment conditions in non-union organizations. The authors present a detailed analysis of the...

    Published April 21st 2004 by Routledge
23. European Works Councils

    Pessimism of the Intellect Optimism of the Will?

    Edited by Ian Fitzgerald, John Stirling

    Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

    This book covers the key themes related to the introduction, growth development and future of European Works Councils: the European Works Council Directive itself, European Works Council Agreements, Employers' strategies for managing European Works Councils in practice and trade union strategies...

    Published November 19th 2003 by Routledge
24. New Unions, New Workplaces

    Strategies for Union Revival

    By Andy Danford, Mike Richardson, Martin Upchurch

    Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

    This book makes a major contribution to the debate within the UK and abroad on the reality of workplace unionism in an era of change. Drawing on examples of union renewal, the authors present an historical overview, and compare the UK experience with contrasting international examples. It presents...

    Published November 20th 2002 by Routledge
25. Gender, Diversity and Trade Unions

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Fiona Colgan, Sue Ledwith

    Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

    The pressures of globalization and diversity are increasingly requiring organizations to rethink their priorities and methods. In this collection, leading researchers examine the debates and developments on gender, diversity and democracy in trade unions in eleven countries.Offering an...

    Published April 10th 2002 by Routledge
26. Employee Ownership, Participation and Governance

    A Study of ESOPs in the UK

    By Dr Andrew Pendleton

    Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

    This volume is an examination of the origins, characteristics and performance of employee-owned firms. It focuses on firms that have converted to either partial or full employee ownership using recent institutional, fiscal and legal innovations. Based on five years of empirical research, this is a...

    Published December 6th 2000 by Routledge
27. Redefining Public Sector Unionism

    UNISON and the Future of Trade Unions

    Edited by Mike Terry

    Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

    This book brings together contributions from both expert academics and leading figures of UNISON in an in-depth analysis of the union's achievements to date. As the largest and most influential trade union in the public sector, UNISON is an ideal case-study for the possible future development of UK...

    Published September 20th 2000 by Routledge
28. Human Resource Management in the Hotel Industry

    Strategy, Innovation and Performance

    By Kim Hoque

    Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

    Over the last decade, human resource management has come to be viewed as the dominant paradigm within which analyses of the world of work have been located. This volume examines the nature and assesses the impact of HRM within a highly under-researched division of the service sector, namely the UK...

    Published September 22nd 1999 by Routledge
29. Social Partnership at Work

    Workplace Relations in Post-Unification Germany

    By Carola M. Frege

    Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

    This book provides the first comparative, in-depth analysis of workplace relations in East and West Germany. The author examines the success of the institutional transfer of West German labour organizations to East German workplaces in an effort to address questions central to the discussion of...

    Published February 24th 1999 by Routledge