1st Edition
HRM, Technical Workers and the Multinational Corporation
By Patrick McGovern
Copyright 1998
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is the first major in-depth study of the impact of contemporary management practices on a rapidly expanding set of white-collar occupations, namely technical workers. It investigates whether HRM schemes such as employee appraisals and performance related pay have transformed technical work to such an extent that it can no longer be described as a 'service contract'. The book contains... Read more
Chapter 1 Management Practices, Technical Workers and the Service Relationship; Chapter 2 Multinational Corporations, Human Resource Management and Technical Labour; Chapter 3 Recruitment, Occupations and Qualifications; Chapter 4 Markets, Projects and Routines; Chapter 5 Managerial Authority and Bureaucratic Control; Chapter 6 Pay, Status and Performance; Chapter 7 Careers, Labour Markets and Job Hierarchies; Chapter 8 Conclusions;
Biography
Patrick McGovern is Lecturer in Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research on the employment practices of multinational corporations and human resource management has appeared in Work, Employment and Society, New Technology, Work and Employment and Human Resource Management Journal. His current research interests are the sociology of employment and economic life.
