In the United States of America many employers use a polygragh and other tests to attempt to ascertain the honesty of potential employees. The history of polygraph testing with all the associated difficulties is examined, as is the validity of these tests. The evidence suggests that is not...

Personal problems of employees impair their productivity. These may be family, emotional, alcohol or other drugs, or just living problems. Employee assistance is an action‐oriented programme designed to recognise symptoms of problem employees before they become costly to the employee as well...

Statutory union recognition provisions operated in Britain for most of the last decade. More recently, there has been a renewed interest in them in the UK, leading to this review of experience in other countries to see if anything could be learnt from elsewhere. The position of the US and Canada...

The Ford Motor Company is undergoing an evolutionary change in its corporate culture and operating procedures, hoping to transform itself into a twenty‐first century organisation capable of competing around the globe with other world‐class producers. Beset with simultaneous strategic,...