Research Handbook of Comparative Employment Relations
By: Barry, Michael (ed.) | Wilkinson, Adrian (ed.).
Material type: BookSeries: New Horizons in Management.Publisher: Northampton, MA ; Edward Elgar 2011Description: 470 pages.ISBN: 9781847208897.Subject(s): country studies | labor relations | Australia | Belgium | Japan | Netherlands | New Zealand | South Africa | Business | Economics | Workplace CultureOnline resources: Details (Publisher) Summary: The Research Handbook of Comparative Employment Relations is an essential resource for those seeking to understand contemporary developments in the world of work, and the way in which employment relations systems are evolving around the world. Special consideration is given to the impact of globalisation and the role of multinational corporations, including their consequences for the fate of workers’ rights under existing national systems of employment relations (ER) regulation. This Handbook is unique in taking an explicitly comparative approach by discussing ER developments through a series of paired country comparisons. These chapters include a wide selection of countries from all regions, looking beyond those that are frequently discussed. The expert contributors also examine comparative issues from a range of perspectives, including industrial and employment relations, political economy, comparative politics, and cross-cultural studies. These impressive features make this important reference tool the most comprehensive of its kind. Academics and students in final-year undergraduate and postgraduate courses interested in employment relations will find this compendium enriching and insightful. (Publisher)Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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The Research Handbook of Comparative Employment Relations is an essential resource for those seeking to understand contemporary developments in the world of work, and the way in which employment relations systems are evolving around the world.
Special consideration is given to the impact of globalisation and the role of multinational corporations, including their consequences for the fate of workers’ rights under existing national systems of employment relations (ER) regulation. This Handbook is unique in taking an explicitly comparative approach by discussing ER developments through a series of paired country comparisons. These chapters include a wide selection of countries from all regions, looking beyond those that are frequently discussed. The expert contributors also examine comparative issues from a range of perspectives, including industrial and employment relations, political economy, comparative politics, and cross-cultural studies. These impressive features make this important reference tool the most comprehensive of its kind.
Academics and students in final-year undergraduate and postgraduate courses interested in employment relations will find this compendium enriching and insightful. (Publisher)
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