6th Edition

International and Comparative Employment Relations National regulation, global changes

Edited By Greg J Bamber, Russell D Lansbury Copyright 2016
446 Pages
by Routledge

446 Pages
by Routledge

448 Pages
by Routledge

'The most comprehensive and authoritative comparative analysis of employment relations . . .' Thomas Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States '. . . breaks new ground as an integrated account of the forces shaping employment relations.' William Brown, University of Cambridge. United Kingdom Established as the standard reference for a worldwide readership of students,... Read more
Foreword - William Brown

Contributors

Figures, tables and boxes

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Preface

1 Introduction: An internationally comparative approach to employment relations - Nick Wailes, Chris F. Wright, Greg J. Bamber and Russell D. Lansbury

2 Employment relations in the United Kingdom - Jeremy Waddington

3 Employment relations in the United States - Harry C. Katz and Alexander J.S. Colvin

4 Employment relations in Canada - Daphne G. Taras and Scott Walsworth

5 Employment relations in Australia - Chris F. Wright and Russell D. Lansbury

6 Employment relations in Italy - Lucio Baccaro and Valeria Pulignano

7 Employment relations in France - Patrice Laroche

8 Employment relations in Germany - Berndt K. Keller and Anja Kirsch

9 Employment relations in Denmark - Jorgen Steen Madsen, Jesper Due and Soren Kaj Andersen

10 Employment relations in Japan - Hiromasa Suzuki, Katsuyuki Kubo and Kazuya Ogura

11 Employment relations in South Korea - Byoung-Hoon Lee

12 Employment relations in China - Fang Lee Cooke

13 Employment relations in India - Anil Verma and Shyam Sundar

14 Conclusions: Beyond varieties of capitalism, towards convergence and internationalisation? - Chris F. Wright, Nick Wailes, Russell D. Lansbury and Greg J. Bamber

Notes

References

Index

Biography

GREG J. BAMBER is Professor, Monash Business School, Melbourne, Australia and Visiting Professor, Newcastle University, United Kingdom. RUSSELL D. LANSBURY is Emeritus Professor, and CHRIS F. WRIGHT is Senior Lecturer, both in Work and Organisational Studies, The University of Sydney Business School, Australia. NICK WAILES is Professor and Associate Dean, UNSW Business School, Australia.