Modernising Work in Public Services

PAULINE DIBBEN is Lecturer in Human Resource Management/ Organisational Behaviour at the Management School, University of Sheffield, UK. She has published many articles in the areas of Public Sector Management and Employment Relations, and was co-editor of Contesting Public Sector Reforms (Palgrave, 2004) GEOFFREY WOOD'S current research interests centre on the systematic testing and development of contemporary institutional theory in the light of large-scale survey evidence. This has encompassed assessments of variations in industrial and different institutional settings, the re

'...Dibben et al are to be congratulated on making a useful contribution to the debate. The book succeeds in its stated aim of providing a comprehensive analysis of public-sector 'modernization' effects on the workforce. Although it is comprehensive, it does not lack depth and the chapters are clear and generally well written throughout.' Philip Morgan, British Journal of Industrial Relations 46:1 March 08

• Introduction; P.Dibben & P.James PART ONE: UNDERLYING DRIVERS OF THE REFORM OF PUBLIC SERVICES From Hayek to New Labour: The Changing Ideology of Public Sector Provision; N.Thompson Supranational Regulation: GATS and EU Policy; J.Grahl Changing Social Trends and Dynamics; G.Wood PART TWO: CONSEQUENCES OF THE EXTERNAL INFLUENCES ON PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT The Erosion of the Public Sphere: Composition and Size of Public Sector Employment; P.Beaumont , J.Pate , M.Fischbacher & A.Verma A Declining Public Service Ethos?; C .Needham Equality' in Britain's 'Modernised' Public Services; S.Corby Trade Union Organisation and Participation; P.James & I.Cunningham PART THREE: THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN PUBLIC SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS 'Partnership' and the Blurring of Organisational Boundaries in Public Service Delivery; I.Roper & D.Grimshaw Trust, the Modernising of Work and the Sustainability of Collective Relations: Partnership in the British Local State; M.M.Lucio & M.Stuart Pay and Rewards in Public Services: Fairness and Equity; D.Marsden Employment Security and Job Insecurity: Two Sides of the Same Coin?; P.Dibben The Comparative Productivity of the Private and Public Sector; S.Sandiv The British Experience in a Comparative Context; B.Hebdon & R.Hickey Conclusion; G.Wood & I.Roper