The Employment Relationship: Key challenges for HR
Author(s): Paul Sparrow (Author), Cary L. Cooper (Author)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2 July 2003
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 296 pages
ISBN-10: 0750649410
ISBN-13: 9780750649414
Book Description
Challenges Facing the Employment Relationship in Future Organizations addresses the issues of change within employee relationships resulting from the impact of factors such as: * international competitive pressures * technological change * changing individual expectations and behaviours The new employment contract is analysed from inside and outside organizations and the issues are addressed from both a human resource management and work psychology perspective. This book: * Reviews the phenomenon of globalization, outlining the current impacts on the employment relationship and summarizing the assumed impacts on future work * Looks at the employment relationship from a labour market perspective and reviews the evidence on an increasing individualization of the employment relationship * Reviews work by psychologists on the changing psychological contract * Provides an overview of new forms of work organization, drawing attention to research on virtual organization and implications of e-enablement * Outlines the challenges to the employment relation on a global scale
Editorial Reviews
Review
This is a plum pudding of a book which many practitioners will want to dip into: a stimulating read which, if it cannot offer definite answers, usefully helps to reformulate many of the questions. Mike Emmott, CIPD adviser, employee relations
From the Back Cover
The Employment Relationship: Key Challenges for HR addresses the issues of change within employee relationships resulting from the impact of factors such as international competitive pressures, new forms of work organization and changing individual expectations and behaviours.
The new employment contract is analysed from inside and outside organizations and the issues are addressed from both a human resource management and work psychology perspective. This book: * Provides an overview of new forms of work organization * Looks at the employment relationship from a labour market perspective * Reviews work by psychologists on the changing psychological contract, trust and job security * Reviews the evidence on an increasing individualization of the employment relationship and considers the challenges presented by a war for talent * Considers the ways in which the individual and organization can remain closely linked and engaged with each other * Addresses the need to understand work-life balance issues * Outlines the challenges to the employment relation created by changes in future employee behaviour
Paul Sparrow is the Ford Professor of International Human Resource Management and Academic Director Executive Education at Manchester Business School.
Cary Cooper, CBE, BUPA Professor of Organizational Psychology & Health, and President of the British Academy of Management.
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