ABSTRACT

Comprising five thematic sections, this volume provides a critical, international and interdisciplinary exploration of employment relations. It examines the major subjects and emerging areas within the field, including essays on institutional theory, voice, new actors, precarious work and employment. Led by a well-respected team of editors, the contributors examine current knowledge and debates within each topic, offering cutting-edge analysis and reflection.

The Routledge Companion to Employment Relations is an extensive reference work that offers students and researchers an introduction to current scholarship in the longstanding discipline of employment relations. It will be an essential addition to library collections in business and management, law, economics, sociology and political economy.

part |19 pages

General introduction

chapter 1|17 pages

Employment relations

Older reflections and new horizons

part |134 pages

Perspectives on employment relations

chapter 2|14 pages

The field of employment relations

A review

chapter 3|15 pages

Economics and employment relations

chapter 4|17 pages

Employment relations and the law

chapter 5|12 pages

Employment relations and history

part |78 pages

Actors in employment relations

chapter 11|18 pages

The state and employment relations

Continuity and change in the politics of regulation

chapter 12|24 pages

Unions

part |71 pages

Core employment relations processes and issues

chapter 15|16 pages

Collective bargaining

chapter 16|15 pages

Employee voice

Conceptualisations, meanings, limitations and possible integration

chapter 17|19 pages

Knowns and unknowns in the study of workplace dispute resolution

Towards an expanded research agenda

chapter 18|19 pages

A pacified labour?

The transformation of labour conflict

part |158 pages

Broadening employment relations

part |17 pages

Contemporary reflections and future challenges