The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations
- Paul Blyton - Cardiff University, UK
- Edmund Heery - Cardiff University, UK
- Nicolas Bacon - City, University of London
- Jack Fiorito - Florida State University, USA
- Theorizing Industrial Relations
- The changing institutions that shape employment practice
- The processes used by governments, employers, and unions
- Income inequality, employee wellbeing, business performance, and national comparative advantages
This handbook is an indispensable teaching, research and reference guide for anyone interested in issues of labour and employment. The editors have assembled a top-flight group of authors and the end-product is an encompassing state-of-the-art review of the industrial relations field' - Professor Bruce E Kaufman, AYSPS, Georgia State University
'This Handbook will quickly become the standard reference in industrial relations research. It provides the most comprehensive and challenging presentation of the key theoretical debates and topics of research that will shape our field well into the 21st century. All who wish to contribute to this field will need to read this volume and then build on what these authors have to say' - Professor Thomas A. Kochan, MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
'This authoritative panorama of the field demonstrates the contemporary vitality, breadth and critical depth of industrial relations scholarship and research. Thirty-four stimulating essays, by an international blend of leading academics, expertly review the analytical and empirical state of play across all aspects of industrial relations enquiry. In doing so, a rich agenda for further scholarly endeavour emerges' - Paul Marginson, University of Warwick
