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Participation and Democracy at Work Jeff Hyman

Participation and Democracy at Work By Jeff Hyman

Participation and Democracy at Work by Jeff Hyman


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Employee participation is a dynamic and contested area of organisational behaviour, attracting continuing academic, practitioner and policy interest and debate. This book will bring together a fresh, critical and comparative perspective on the full range of participation practices, drawing on the work of leading scholars in the field.

Participation and Democracy at Work Summary

Participation and Democracy at Work: Essays in Honour of Harvie Ramsay by Jeff Hyman

Employee participation is a dynamic and contested area of organisational behaviour, attracting continuing academic, practitioner and policy interest and debate. This book will bring together a fresh, critical and comparative perspective on the full range of participation practices, drawing on the work of leading scholars in the field. It is inteded to honour the work of Harvie Ramsay, who died tragically in 2001 and who was a pioneering writer on participation and democracy in this field.

About Jeff Hyman

JEFF HYMAN is Professor of Management in the Business School, University of Aberdeen, UK.

PAUL THOMPSON is Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde, UK.

BILL HARLEY is Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- The Paradoxes of Participation; B.Harley, J.Hyman & P.Thompson.- Employee Involvement: Patterns and Explanations; M.Marchington.- Hope or Hype? High Performance Work Systems; B.Harley.- In the Name of Customer Service: Service Work and Participation; A.Sturdy & M.Korczynski.- Teamworking: Partial Participation; J.Benders.- Trojan Horses or Paper Tigers? Assessing the Significance of European Works Councils; M.Hall & P.Marginson.- Employee Share Ownership, Employment Relations and Corporate Governance; A.Pendleton.- Promoting Workplace Development: Lessons for UK Policy from Nordic Approaches to Job Redesign and Quality of Working Life; J.Payne & E.Keep.- Theorising the State and Economic Democracy; P.Boreham & R.Hall.- You've Got to Admit it's Getting Better: Organised Labour and Internationalisation; N.Haworth.- New Uniion Strategies and Forms of Work Organisation in UK Manufacturing; A.Danford.- Organisational Participation and Women: An Attitude Problem?; D.Scholarios & H.Ramsay.- Conclusion.

Additional information

GOR002960175
9781403900043
1403900043
Participation and Democracy at Work: Essays in Honour of Harvie Ramsay by Jeff Hyman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20050302
272
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