Developing positive employment relations : international experiences of labour management partnership /: international experiences of labour management partnership. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stewart Johnstone, Adrian Wilkinson, editors.
• Editors: Johnstone, Stewart; Wilkinson, Adrian
• Contents: About the Editors; Stewart Johnstone; Adrian Wilkinson; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: Conceptual Debates; 1: Developing Positive Employment Relations: International Experiences of€Labour-Management Partnership; Introduction; The Partnership Alternative; Structure of€the€Book; Part I: Conceptual Debates; Part II: National Contexts; Part III: Partnership Cases; References; 2: Trojan Horse or Tactic? The€Case for€Partnership; The Ideology of€Partnership: Social Democratic€Industrial Citizenship in€a€Voluntarist Context. Partnership: Opponents and€Advocates Partnership from€a€Pluralist Perspective; Collaboration; Commitment to€Business Success; Worker Voice; Problem-Solving; Mutual Interests and€Gains; Voluntarism; Conclusions; References; 3: Why Partnership Cannot Work and€Why Militant Alternatives Can: Historical and€Contemporary Evidence; Cooperation at Work: Historical Antecedents and€Outcomes; Cooperation or Mobilisation?; Strategic Alternatives to€Partnership; Conclusion; References; Part II: National Contexts; 4: Participation and Partnership in the UK: Progress and Prospects; Introduction. Evolution of€Participation and€Partnership in€the€UK Context Towards the€'New Industrial Relations'; Partnership as Political Project; The Future of€Partnership in€the€UK Context; Conclusion; References; 5: Workplace Partnership in€Ireland: Irreconcilable Tensions Between an€'Irish Third Way' of€Voluntary Mutuality and€Neoliberalism; Introduction; The Rise and€Fall of€Partnership in€Ireland; National (Social) Partnership; Workplace Partnership; Workplace Mutuality and€(Disconnected) Neoliberal Capitalist Accumulation; The Prognosis for€Workplace Partnership in€Ireland?; References. 6: Labour-Management Partnership in€the€USA: Islands of€Success in€a€Hostile Context Introduction; Early Examples of€Labour-Management Partnership; The Labour-Management Cooperation Act of€1978; The Bureau of€Labour-Management Relations and€Cooperative Programs; The Dunlop Commission; Assessing the€Scale and€Scope of€Labour-Management Partnership; Assessing the€Role of€the€Federal Government€Today; Assessing the€Role of€States; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Publications of€the€Bureau of€Labour-Management Relations and€Cooperative Programs, US Department of€Labour; References. 7: Evaluating Social Partnership in€the€Australian Context Introduction; Joint Consultation in€Australia: A€Case Study on€Australian Labour Law and€Policy; A Brief History of€Joint Consultation in€Australia; Socio-economic Contexts in€Australia; The Influences of€Economic Conditions; Attitudes and€Behaviour of€Major Social Partners (Employers, Employees and€Trade Unions); Developing Workplace Partnerships in€Australia; References; Legislation; Case Law; 8: Battling in€a€Bleak Environment: The€New Zealand Context for€Partnership; Introduction.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 658.3; Business; Management -- Employee participation; Industrial relations; Industrial relations -- Case studies; Management science; Manpower policy; Leadership; Organization; International business enterpris; Business ethics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior; Industrial relations; Management -- Employee participation; Business & Economics -- Management; Business & Economics -- Strategic Planning; Business & Economics -- International -- Economics; Business & Economics -- Business Ethics; Business strategy; Organizational theory & behaviour; Business & management; Business ethics & social responsibility; Business & Economics -- Human Resources & Personnel Management; Personnel & human resources management; Electronic books; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137427724; 1137427728; 1137427701; 9781137427700
• Related ISBNs: 9781137427700; 1137427701
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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