A critical assessment of the main concepts and models of employee voice in the UK and Europe. The contributors provide theoretical and empirical exploration of a wide range of 'voice' institutions and initiatives, including forms of representation and management techniques, and …
How much 'say' should employees have in the running of business organizations, and what form should the 'voice' take? This is both the oldest and latest question in employment relations. Answers to these questions reflect our fundamental assumptions about the nature of the emplo…
In the present age of temp work, telecommuting, and outsourcing, millions of workers in the United States find themselves excluded from the category of "employee" -- a crucial distinction that would otherwise permit unionization and collective bargaining. Tracing the history of …
The treatment of employees is increasingly becoming recognised as an important ingredient of sustainable enterprise. As sustainability and all that it implies, becomes ever more critical, this book, with its multiple perspectives on the workplace and on the issues therein such a…
Le sale con, ça vous dit quelque chose? Mais oui bien sûr! C'est ... cette personne odieuse, parfois brillante, mais toujours nuisible, dont la présence plombe la vie, l'atmosphère et, trop souvent, la performance d'une entreprise ou d'une organisation ... L'auteur démontre que …
"Against labor highlights the amazingly successful efforts by employers to control workers while simultaneously shaping themselves into a new class. Ranging across a spectrum of understudied issues, essayists explore employer anti-labor strategies and offer incisive portraits of…
"In this timely, provocative book, Jeffrey Pfeffer contends that many modern management commonalities such as long hours, work-family conflict, and economic insecurity are toxic to employees--hurting engagement, increasing turnover, and destroying people's physical and emotional…