The Future of Employment Relations New Paradigms, New Developments

by Townsend, Keith; Wilkinson, Adrian

• ISBN13: 9780230240940
• ISBN10: 0230240941
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Discussing some fundamental theories and approaches to work and employment relations, and their connection to broader political and societal changes occurring throughout the world, this book contains a series of informed contributions written by prominent leading scholars from across the globe in their respective fields.

Author Biography

Adrian Wilkinson is Director of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing at Griffith University, Australia. His recent research has encompassed employee participation and voice, and comparative and international employment relations. He has written nine books, over 100 articles in refereed journals as well as numerous book chapters and other papers. Keith Townsend is Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing as well as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources at Griffith University, Australia. He has published four books and more than 30 journal articles on employment relations.

Table of Contents

The Changing Face of Work and Employment Relations; K.Townsend & A.Wilkinson
PART I: MANAGING PEOPLE IN ORGANISATIONS
High Performance Human Resources; D.Lewin
Gender, Equality, Diversity and a New Industrial Relations Paradigm? G.Kirton
Managing ER across Organisational Boundaries; M.Marchington, K.Hadjivassiliou, R.Martin & A.Cox
Franchises, Organisations and HRM; A.Kellner, K.Townsend& A.Wilkinson
PART II: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON EMPLOYMENT
Engaged in What? So What? A Role-Based Perspective for the Future of Employee Engagement; T.M.Welbourne
Developing a Contemporary Approach to Conceptualising Employee Actions; K.Townsend & J.Richards
Employee Looks and Lookism: A New Form of Labour and Employment Discrimination; C.Warhurst, D.Van den Broek, D.Nickson & R.Hall
Trust, HRM and the Employment Relationship; G.Dietz, A.Martins & R.Searle
PART III: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AND THE SOCIETY
Workplace Partnership and the Future Trajectory of Employment Relations within Liberal Market Economies; T.Dobbins & T.Dundon
The Global Financial Crisis and Workplace Relations; D.Peetz, A.Frost & S.Le Queux
Sustainability and HRM: A Model and Suggestions for Future Research; I.Ehnert
Corporate Governance Systems and Industrial Relations; C.Brewster, M.Goergen & G.Wood