Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables. List of Common Abbreviations. List of Contributors. Preface. 1. The Employment Relationship and the Field of Industrial Relations, Paul Edwards 2. The Historical Evolution of British IR, Richard Hyman 3. The Labour Market: History, Structure and Prospects, Peter Nolan and Gary Slater 4. Foreign Multinationals and Industrial Relations Innovation in Britain, Anthony Ferner 5. The State: Economic Management and Incomes Policy, Colin Crouch 6. Labour Law and Industrial Relations: A New Settlement? Linda Dickens and Mark Hall 7. Management: Systems, Structures and Strategy, Keith Sisson and Paul Marginson 8. The Management of Pay as the Influence of Collective Bargaining Diminishes, William Brown, Paul Marginson and Janet Walsh 9. Trade Union Organization, Jeremy Waddington 10. Employee Representation: Shop Stewards and the New Legal Framework, Michael Terry 11. Industrial Relations in the Public Sector, Stephen Bach and David Winchester 12. Indivisualism and the Collectivism in Industrial Relations, Ian Kessler and John Purcell 13. New Forms of Work Organization: Still Limites, Still Controlled but Still Welcome? John F. Geary 14. Managing without Unions: The Sources and Limitations of Individualism, Trevor Colling 15. Training, Ewart Keep and Helen Rainbird 16. The Industrial Relations of a Diverse Workforce, Sonia Liff 17. Low Pay and the National Minimum Wage, Jill Rubery and Paul Edwards 18. Employment Relations in Small Firms, Richard Scase 19. Industrial Relations, HRM and Performance, Peter Nolan and Kathy O'donnell 20. Concluding Comments. Paul Edwards. Index.

About the Author

Paul Edwards is Professor of Industrial Relations and Deputy Director, Industrial Relations Research Unit, University of Warwick, UK. His previous publications include Conflict at Work (1986), Managing the Factory (1987) and Attending to Work (1993). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and edited the journal Work, Employment and Society from 1996 to 1998.