Contents: Foreword / by Richard Hyman -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The language and culture perspective in employee relations / Karl Koch and Pietro Manzella -- Part I: Comparative employee relations in context -- 1: Employee relations in context: Globalization, uncertainties, and...

Although many industrialized countries have had to face the same political and economic pressures in reforming their public sectors there have been different reactions and a diversity of solutions to the emerging problems. This book examines the most significant initiatives targeted towards the...

Contents: 1. Convergence in the EU: what role for industrial relations? / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez -- 2. Social convergence of the Baltic states within the enlarged EU: is limited social dialogue an impediment? / Jaan Masso, Vladyslav Soloviov, Kerly Espenberg and...

"A profound change is taking place in employment relations in China. The opening up of the economy to both national and international competition is transforming the way in which employers and workers interact. It is also changing the institutions through which they interact and the ways in...

One of the main challenges in labour relations in Europe is the ongoing decentralisation of collective bargaining from national and sectoral levels to company levels. Decentralisation might be an answer to business needs in competitiveness and organisational flexibility. However, it risks...

Part one – Employee Voice in Africa -- Chapter One : Keep Quiet: Unheard Voices of Domestic Workers in Nigeria (By Toyin. Ajibade Adisa, Chima Mordi and Emeka Oruh) -- Chapter Two :The Changing Face of Trade Union Movement in South Africa: From a United Movement against Apartheid to Fighting...

1 Reframing HRM in SMEs: An Introduction -- 2 Regulation as a management challenge for small businesses -- 3 HR support for enhanced small firm performance -- Chapter 4 Owner-managers and environments of learning in SMEs -- 5 Challenging the Dehumanisation of HRM: Developing an Alternative...

Chapter 1: Human Resource Management and Employees Relationships in Angola -- Chapter 2: HRM Practices in Nigeria: Employee Relations and Trade Unions -- Chapter 3: Union-State Relations in Zimbabwe: An Assessment of the Changing Relationship Between Trade Unions and the State -- Chapter 4:...

Volume 27 of Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations (AILR) contains five peer-reviewed papers highlighting key aspects of employment relations across a variety of disciplinary perspectives. These papers feature historical and legal analyses of work regulation, intra-organizational analysis...