Research Handbook on the Future of Work and Employment Relations

This is an enlightening text on the subject of employment and work relations that will be useful for students in economics, specifically those studying labor relations. -- Lucy Heckman, American Reference Books Annual 2012

Edited by Keith Townsend, Professor of Human Resources and Employment Relations, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University, Australia and Adrian Wilkinson, Professor of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, Department of Employment Relations and Human Resources, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia and Visiting Professor, University of Sheffield, UK

Contents: 1. The Changing Face of Work and Employment Relations Adrian Wilkinson and Keith Townsend PART I: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS THEORY 2. The Future of Employment Relations: Insights from Theory Bruce E. Kaufman 3. Finding the Future in the Past? The Social Philosophy of Oxford Industrial Relations Pluralism Peter Ackers PART II: ACTORS 4. The State and Employment Relations Jason Heyes and Ian Clark 5. Union Strategy and Circumstance: Bank to the Future and Forward to the Past? Gregor Gall 6. Concerted Capital: Understanding Employer Interests and the Role of Employer Coordination in Contemporary Employment Relations Michael Barry 7. New and Emerging Actors in Work and Employment Relations: The Case of Civil Society Organizations Steve Williams, Brian Abbott and Edmund Heery 8. Employment Relations and Managerial Work: An International Perspective John Hassard, Leo McCann and Jonathan Morris PART III: RETHINKING LABOUR 9. Skills in the Twenty-first Century Organization: The Career of a Notion Anne Fearfull and Martin Dowling 10. Working Time in the Employment Relationship: Working Time, Perceived Control and Worklife Balance Lonnie Golden, Barbara Wiens-Tuers, Susan J. Lambert and Julia R. Henly 11. Migration and Labour Markets: An Interpretation of the Literature Tom Lusis and Harald Bauder 12. Child Labor Scott Lyon and Furio Rosati PART IV: CHANGING CONTEXTS 13. Flexicurity: Still Going Strong or a Victim of the Crisis? Peter Auer and Kazutoshi Chatani 14. Governance, Finance and Employment Relations Geoffrey Wood 15. Employment Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility Steve Brammer 16. Industrial Relations in China: Ball of Confusion? E. Patrick McDermott PART V: TOWARDS A FAIRER WORKPLACE? 17. Equity in the Twenty-first Century Workplace Glenda Strachan, John Burgess and Erica French 18. Dimensions of Dignity: Defining the Future of Work Sharon Bolton 19. Justice in the Twenty-first Century Organization Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro and Rashpal K. Dhensa Index