The Organisation of Employment: An International Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780333802366 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 298 str.

J Rubery

Opis

The Organisation of Employment explores the diversity in the organization of employment among advanced industrial societies. In particular, it focuses on the implications of distinctive employment systems for international competitiveness, organizational performance and social divisions and considers the impact of globalization on the sustainability of such diversity.

Spis treści

Diversity in the Organisation of Employment: An Introduction to the Subject.- Making Sense of International Differences: Some Methodological Approaches.- The Development of Employment and Production Regimes.- The State, the Family and Gender: From Domestic Work to Wage Employment.- Skilling the Labour Force.- Labour Market Flexibility and Labour Market Regulation.- Employment Policy and Practice: Implementation at the Workplace.- Multinationals and the Organisation of Employment.- Globalisation and the Future for Diversity.- Labour Regulation in a Global Economy.

O autorze

JILL RUBERY is Professor of Comparative Employment Systems at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST and Director of the European Work and Employment Research Centre both in the UK.

DAMIAN GRIMSHAW is Lecturer in Employment Studies at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST in the UK.

Blurb

The Organisation of Employmentexplores the diversity in the organisation of employment among advanced industrial societies. It focuses on the implications of distinctive employment systems for international competitiveness, organisational performance and social divisions and considers the impact of globalisation on the sustainability of such diversity.

Ideal for final year undergraduate and postgraduate students of international business and human resource management, The Organisation of Employmentprovides a stimulating and wide ranging examination of this dynamic subject