The Sage Handbook Of Industrial Relations

by Paul Blyton

• ISBN13: 9781412911542
• ISBN10: 1412911540
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-26
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations provides a systematic, comprehensive survey of the field. The result is a work of unprecedented scope and unparalleled ambition. It offers a compete guide to the central debates, new developments, and emerging themes in the field. It will quickly be recognized as the indispensable reference for teachers, students and researchers. It is relevant to economists, lawyers, sociologists, business and management researchers, and Industrial Relations specialists.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. viii
List of Tables	p. ix
Notes on Contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xviii
Introduction: The Field of Industrial Relations	p. 1
Perspectives and Approaches	p. 33
The History of Industrial Relations as a Field of Study	p. 35
Industrial Relations and the Social Sciences	p. 53
System and Change in Industrial Relations Analysis	p. 69
Values, Ideologies, and Frames of Reference in Industrial Relations	p. 92
The Influence of Product Markets on Industrial Relations	p. 113
Varieties of Capitalism and Industrial Relations	p. 129
New Forms of Work and the High Performance Paradigm	p. 149
Changing Traditions in Industrial Relations Research	p. 170
The Actors in Industrial Relations	p. 187
Trade Union Morphology	p. 189
Trade Union Strategy	p. 209
Employer Organizations	p. 225
Management Strategy and Industrial Relations	p. 241
The State in Industrial Relations	p. 258
The Legal Framework of Employment Relations	p. 284
The State as Employer	p. 305
International Actors and International Regulation	p. 325
Works Councils	p. 346
The Evolution of Stakeholder Regimes: Beyond Neo-Corporatism	p. 358
Industrial Relations Processes	p. 375
Union Formation	p. 377
The Changing Structure of Collective Bargaining	p. 406
The High Performance Work Systems Literature in Industrial Relations	p. 420
Employee Involvement and Direct Participation	p. 434
Resolving Conflict	p. 447
Industrial Relations Outcomes	p. 469
Contingent Work Arrangements	p. 471
The Theory and Practice of Pay Setting	p. 491
Working Time and Work-Life Balance	p. 513
Worker Well-Being	p. 529
Industrial Relations Climate	p. 548
Equality at Work	p. 572
Conflict at Work	p. 588
Skill Formation	p. 606
Industrial Relations and Business Performance	p. 623
Labor Market Institutions Around the World	p. 640
Index	p. 659
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