'A remarkable coverage of one of the most important issues of HRM.' - Philip Smithies, Bradford/Ilkley Community College 'All the chapters are very careful with their interpretation of the evidence, so that they can confidently be used as reliable guides through several conceptual minefields.' - Paul Edwards, Warwick Business School, in Management Learning 'There is much fresh and interesting work in Global Trends in Flexible Labour...The book is a great source of data with good explanations of definitions and differences in criteria.' - Terri Mylett, Labour & Industry 'A useful and timely comparative dimension to the study of work and organisations, particularly in the light of benchmarking requirements in sociology which require emphasis on comparative dimensions.' - Margaret Edwards, Liverpool John Moores University 'Excellent...Up-to-date research and writing by...experts in the field.' - Dr. Len Holden, Leicester Business School 'Interesting...up-to-date and gives an international perspective. No other text to compare it with.' - Ellen Whitworth, University of Leeds 'This text provides the ONLY source of evidence-based analysis of recent trends in flexible employment in an international context.' - Colin Bryson, Nottingham Trent University 'This is a much needed textbook in the field of internationalization. Most of the literature on flexible labour tends to be national - this book provides the international/comparative perspective.' - Dr Branine, University of Stirling 'Excellent text...topical, well-written...good clear diagrams and references.' - Julie Prowse, De Montfort University
