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The Research Handbook of Comparative Employment Relations is an essential resource for those seeking to understand contemporary developments in the world of work, and the way in which employment relations systems are evolving around the world. Special consideration is given to the impact of globalisation and the role of multinational corporations, including their consequences for the fate of workers' rights under existing national systems of employment relations (ER) regulation. This Handbook is unique in taking an explicitly comparative approach by discussing ER developments through a series of paired country comparisons. These chapters include a wide selection of countries from all regions, looking beyond those that are frequently discussed. The expert contributors also examine comparative issues from a range of perspectives, including industrial and employment relations, political economy, comparative politics, and cross-cultural studies. These impressive features make this important reference tool the most comprehensive of its kind.Academics and students in final-year undergraduate and postgraduate courses interested in employment relations will find this compendium enriching and insightful.
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RESEARCH HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS M2665 - BARRY PRINT.indd i 28/06/2011 16:01 NEW HORIZONS IN MANAGEMENT Series Editor: Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University, UK This important series makes a significant contribution to the development of management thought. This field has expanded dramatically in recent years and the series provides an invaluable forum for the publication of high-quality work in management science, human resource management, organizational behaviour, marketing, management information systems, operations management, business ethics, strategic management and international management. The main emphasis of the series is on the development and application of new original ideas. International in its approach, it will include some of the best theoretical and empirical work from both well-established researchers and the new generation of scholars. Titles in the series include: Research Companion to Emotion in Organizations Edited by Neal M. Ashkanasy and Cary L. Cooper International Terrorism and Threats to Security Managerial and Organizational Challenges Edited by Ronald J. Burke and Cary L. Cooper Women on Corporate Boards of Directors International Research and Practice Edited by Susan Vinnicombe, Val Singh, Ronald J. Burke, Diana Bilimoria and Morten Huse Handbook of Managerial Behavior and Occupational Health Edited by Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou, Cary L. Cooper, George P. Chrousos, Charles D. Spielberger and Michael William Eysenck Workplace Psychological Health Current Research and Practice Paula Brough, Michael O’Driscoll, Thomas Kalliath, Cary L. Cooper and Steven A.Y. Poelmans Research Companion to Corruption in Organizations Edited by Ronald J. Burke and Cary L. Cooper Self-Management and Leadership Development Edited by Ronald J. Burke and Mitchell G. Rothstein Handbook of Employee Engagement Perspectives, Issues, Research and Practice Edited by Simon Albrecht Human Resource Management in Small Business Achieving Peak Performance Edited by Cary L. Cooper and Ronald J. Burke Research Handbook of Comparative Employment Relations Edited by Michael Barry and Adrian Wilkinson M2665 - BARRY PRINT.indd ii 28/06/2011 16:01 Research Handbook of Comparative Employment Relations Edited by Michael Barry Griffith University, Australia Adrian Wilkinson Griffith University, Australia NEW HORIZONS IN MANAGEMENT Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA M2665 - BARRY PRINT.indd iii 28/06/2011 16:01 <