Authoritatively and expertly written, the new seventh edition of Bratton and Gold's Human
Resource Management builds upon the enduring strengths of this renowned book …

Organizing has become a central tenet of trade union renewal in countries as diverse as the
United States, the Netherlands, and the UK. This book is the most systematic effort to date to …

This article develops a context‐sensitive approach to analyse how and why voice operates
in small‐to medium‐sized enterprises (SME s), an area that remains under‐theorised and …

A revival of trade unions was widely expected when Blair's New Labour government took
over from the Conservatives in Britain in 1997. This did not occur and collective bargaining …

This article provides a broad overview of the pluralist tradition in UK industrial relations
scholarship, identifying its defining characteristics and mapping its evolution in recent …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to survey developments in four aspects of collective
employment relations (ER) since the mid-1960s: collective representation and organisation; …

ABSTRACT The Representation Gap was one of the finest achievements of Brian Towers's
academic life. In this important book he described the extent of the representation gap in …

From 1987 to 2009, Irish social partnership operated as a national framework for industrial
relations. The contribution of the article is twofold. We seek to link the institutional dynamics …

Rarely have the insights of industrial relations been more timely or necessary for students of
business or society at large. Such a bold claim may surprise those who have only …

For much of the twentieth century, Britain possessed an essentially voluntarist system of job
regulation. The terms of the employment relationship were set primarily through voluntary …