1st Edition

Management in the Airline Industry

By Geraint Harvey Copyright 2007
176 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Combining contemporary HRM theory and practice with debates in critical management and in industrial relations, this book examines the peculiar challenge that civil aviation pilots present for management. As a highly educated, highly trained, and non-substitutable professional employee, the airline pilot wields considerable industrial power. Based on original research, this book examines the... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Civil Aviation and the Airline Pilot 3. HRM Content and Style 4. The Study 5. HRM Content and Style in UK Airlines 6. HRM and Job Satisfaction 7. HRM, Organizational Commitment and Commitment to the Union 8. Pilots and Partnership 9. Discussion

Biography

Geraint Harvey is Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour and HRM at Swansea University School of Business and Economics.