Full Description
This original book is a wide-ranging, radical and highly innovative critique of the prevailing orthodoxies within industrial relations and human resource management. It covers:* central problems in industrial relations* the mobilization theory of collective action* the growth of non-union workplaces and the prospects and desirability of a new labour-management social partnership* an historical account of worker collectivism, organization and militancy and state or employer counter mobilization* a critique of postmodernism and accounts of the end of the labour movement.Containing a detailed examination of the evolution of industrial relations, it argues that the area is often under-theorized and influenced by the policy agenda of the state or employers, and will prove informative reading for students of industrial relations.
Contents
1. Introduction2. The Field of Industrial Relations3. Mobilization Theory4. Mobilization and Industrial Relations5. Olsonian Theory and Collective Action: a critique6. Long Waves in Industrial Relations7. Postmodernism and the End of the Labour Movement8. Conclusions
