Abstract
The main objectives of this chapter are:
- to examine the main employment relations features and trends with specific reference to the UK;
- to explain the nature of joint regulation and account for its diminished importance as a means of determining the terms of employment relationships;
- to identify and evaluate critically the principal managerial approaches employment relations;
- to demonstrate the relevance of conflict and cooperation to understanding the management of employment relations in contemporary organizations.
- to examine the main employment relations features and trends with specific reference to the UK;
- to explain the nature of joint regulation and account for its diminished importance as a means of determining the terms of employment relationships;
- to identify and evaluate critically the principal managerial approaches employment relations;
- to demonstrate the relevance of conflict and cooperation to understanding the management of employment relations in contemporary organizations.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Human resource management |
| Editors | Sarah Gilmore, Steve Williams |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 249-272 |
| Edition | 2nd |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199605484 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |