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This comprehensive book explores key theories and concepts in the study of work and employment relations. Expert authors provide a detailed guide to the essential theories behind the ever-changing world of employment, presenting their own perspectives on these ideas.
Chapters are organised into four thematic parts, encompassing the employment relationship, managerial challenges, the experience and conceptualisation of work, and trade unionism and resistance. The book features a range of diverse voices, with contributions from both leading scholars and emerging academics who have made crucial advancements in the field. Ultimately, Theories and Concepts in Work and Employment Relations aims to deepen our understanding of the key ideas in the study of employment, creating a framework for future academic discourse and debate.
Interdisciplinary in scope, this book is an essential read for researchers and students in the fields of industrial and employment relations, the sociology of work and human resource management. It includes both an overview of the field and a valuable guide to avenues for future research, supporting aspiring scholars in making a contribution to contemporary debates. Its innovative insights will also benefit practitioners and professionals who would like to further their theoretical knowledge in the field.
Contents
Contents
Concepts and theories in work and employment relations 1
Andrew Smith, Pauline Dibben and Adrian Wilkinson
PART I UNDERSTANDING THE EMPLOYMENT
RELATIONSHIP
1 Frames of reference in work and employment relations 14
Steve Williams
2 Labour process theory 24
Bridget Kenny
3 Regulation and regulation theory 31
Miguel Martínez Lucio and Rob MacKenzie
4 Historical materialism and contradictions at work 40
Matt Vidal
5 Institutional theory: varieties of capitalism and
business systems theory 50
Bo-Yi Lee
6 Systems theory 59
Matt Allen
7 Theories of power relations 68
Gregoris Ioannou
8 Feminism 77
Huiping Xian
9 Identity theory and social identity theory 85
Rachael Green, Malcolm Patterson and Pauline Dibben
10 Social exchange theory 92
Nada Musleh and Christine Cross
11 Labour market segmentation theory 99
Jason Heyes and Ed Yates
12 Individualism and collectivism 107
Susan Ressia
13 New public management and public service
employment 116
Ian Cunningham and Jennifer Remnant
PART II MANAGERIAL CHALLENGES
14 Managerial prerogative and strategic choice in
employment relations 125
Nadia K. Kougiannou and Pedro Mendonça
15 Indeterminacy 133
Emma Hughes
16 Conflict of interest/Structured antagonism 142
Geraint Harvey
17 Forms of conflict and conflict resolution 149
Paul Latreille
18 Corporatism, tripartism and social partnership 156
Gilton Klerck
19 Outsourcing, offshoring and global value chains 166
Ian Roper and Shoba Arun
20 Financialization 174
Christine Bischoff and Geoffrey Wood
21 Managerialism 183
Leo McCann
PART III THE EXPERIENCES OF WORK
22 Decent work and job quality 192
Patricia Findlay
23 Intersectionality 200
Jenny Rodriguez
24 Employment relations and the two dominant models of
disability 210
Jennifer Remnant and Ian Cunningham
25 Work intensification and work extensification 219
Andrew Smith and Jo McBride
26 Precarity 227
Cat Spellman, Jo McBride and Andrew Smith
27 Flexicurity 235
Jason Heyes
28 Exit, voice, loyalty and neglect: issues and developments
in employee voice and the EVLN framework 242
Michael Barry
PART IV TRADE UNIONISM AND RESISTANCE AT WORK
29 The representation gap 251
Peter Holland and Nadia K. Kougiannou
30 Resistance, misbehaviour and dissent 258
James Richards
31 Theories of negotiation and collective bargaining 267
Peter Prowse and Ray Fells
32 Trade union revitalisation, the servicing and organising
models of trade unionism 276
Yvonne Rueckert and Steve Williams
33 Mobilisation theory and industrial action 286
Gabriella Cioce
34 Social movement unionism 294
Jane Parker and Ozan Alakavuklar
35 The power resources approach 301
Stefan Schmalz
