Table of Contents

Chapter One: Managing and Working in Britain and France- An Introduction-. Chapter Two: Workplace Structure and Governance- How Do Employers Differ Between Britain and France?-. Chapter Three: Employee Expression and Representation at Work- Voice or Exit?-. Chapter Four: Tenure, Skill Development and Pay- The Role of Internal Labour Markets-. Chapter Five: Work Organization and HRM- Does Context Matter?-. Chapter Six: Job Quality-. Chapter Seven: How did Workplaces Respond to Recession?-. Chapter Eight: Viva La Difference? Managing and Working in Britain and France-. Technical Appendix-. Bibliography-. 

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"This is a major contribution to the literature on comparative employment relations. While Britain and France are often posited as having strongly contrasting institutional systems, rigorous studies of these differences have been rare. Drawing on exceptionally rich representative workplace data, the authors provide a fascinating picture of the nature of firm structure, management organization, employee representation and human resource practices in the two countries and underline their implications for worker experiences of job quality and labour market security." (Duncan Gallie, Professor of Sociology, Nuffield College, Oxford) "One of the most stimulating comparative economic studies published in the recent years. The uniqueness of this volume is that it offers a comprehensive comparative analysis of all the dimensions of workplace management and organisation in the two countries. An important contribution to the literature on the varieties of capitalism." (Jerome Gautie, Professor of Economics, Institut des Sciences Sociales du Travail (ISST), Universite Paris 1) "This innovative comparative analysis of workplace employment relations in France and the UK identifies some similarities but also a number of important differences which, in some cases, challenges the stereotypical view of these countries' labour markets. It should therefore be required reading for policy makers in London, Paris and Brussels when developing national and EU labour market policies." (David Yeandle OBE, Director, Government Relations, European Employers Group) "This book is living proof that international comparison through carefully designed, comparable statistical surveys can really bring new and powerful insights. This illuminating work would not have been possible without the descriptive power of large samples, detailed questionnaires and the cooperation of skilled economists and sociologists. A brilliant opus!" (Thomas Coutrot, Economist, Research Directorate, French Ministry of Labour)

About the Author

Thomas Amossé is a Public Statistician and researcher at the Centre d’Etudes de l’Emploi, France. 
Alex Bryson is Professor of Quantitative Social Science at UCL, UK.  During the writing of this book, Alex was Head of the Employment Group at the UK National Institute of Economic and Social Research, where he remains a Visiting Fellow.
John Forth is a Principal Research Fellow and a member of the Employment Group at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, UK. 
Héloïse Petit is Professor of Economics at University Lille 1 and a Research Fellow at CLERSE and Centre d’Etudes de l’Emploi, France.

Reviews

“This book offers a substantial contribution to comparative employment relations at the workplace level in France and the UK. … the authors show a particularly open scientific approach by indicating routes to access the raw data they have used in a detailed appendix. They also provide a rich bibliography for each chapter allowing the immediate resituation of each set of data in the context of actual debates. A very stimulating and productive read!.” (Sylvie Contrepois, Work, Employment and Society, Vol. 33 (2), 2019)
“This study represents the first attempt to provide a comprehensive comparatively informed overview of employment relations, practices and outcomes. To that end, the work achieves considerable success, providing a resource which will prove invaluable for lecturers, researchers, and, of course, policy-makers. … The book and these resources will surely both stimulate and aid further comparative research.” (Duncan Adam, Transfer, Vol. 23 (1), 2017)