A leading textbook in its field, Human Resource Management at Work provides a clear
introduction to the multiple meanings of HRM (human resource management) and the …

Please note: this title will publish in January 2012. This textbook explores the policies and
practices employed in the management of people working in the tourism, hospitality and …

Taking a critical perspective, Skill, Training and Human Resource Development focuses on
the way people are developed at work; the skills that are encouraged, the way they are …

Debate over the nature of temporary agency work has intensified in recent times, spurred on
by a proposed European directive and by speculation about links with the much heralded …

This core textbook, edited by five leading scholars of the subject, provides a comprehensive
overview of the key topics, debates and themes in this increasingly important field …

This text describes, analyses and synthesises a wide range of contemporary issues from
research and practice in the field of individual and collective workplace learning and …

Abstract E therington D. and J ones M. City-regions: new geographies of uneven
development and inequality, Regional Studies. Recent years have witnessed a burgeoning …

Across Europe, market mechanisms are spreading into areas where they did not exist
before. In public administration, market governance is displacing other ways of coordinating …

It is popular to assume that there is a link between skill and performance, yet the evidence is
tenuous. Both terms defy simple definition and much current work aggregates findings …

In a period of historically high youth unemployment the availability and quality of vocational
education takes on particular importance. It is seen by policy-makers and researchers as …