Books in the Routledge Studies in Employment Relations series

Employees working in the civil service, NHS, local government, education, the police and fire services also represent a large and growing body of students taking degree courses at universities. Exploring this area, this book outlines the main developments in the public sector since 1979, including issues such as the rise of public management.

Internet consists of billions of digital devices, people, services and other physical objects with the potential to seamlessly connect and exchange information about themselves and their environment. Organizations use these digital devices and physical objects to produce and consume Internet-based services. This new Internet ecosystem is referre

The transformational technologies of the Internet-Web compound continue to exert a vast and readily apparent influence on the way we live and work. In recent times, internet penetration is now very high in most parts of the world, impacting the context and content of the workplace and the boundary between work and private life is even more porous. Not only has the reach increased, but the technologies to access the Internet-Web have further evolved towards increasing portability. The hardware evolution from desktops to laptops to mobile technologies (phones, tablets, watches, eyeglasses) marches forward. The increasing mobility and 24/7 accessibility offers the opportune time to revisit the transformations occurring. Today the Internet consists of billions of digital devices, people, services and other physical objects with the potential to seamlessly connect, interact and exchange information about themselves and their environment. Organizations now use these digital devices and physical objects to produce and consume Internet-based services. This new Internet ecosystem is commonly referred to as the Internet of People, Things and Services (IoPTS). In this follow-up to their 2006 volume, Simmers & Anandarajan examine how The Internet of People, Things and Services (IoPTS) transforms our workplaces. Information and communications technology (ICT) expansion from desktops to laptops to ubiquitous smart objects that sense and communicate directly over the internet - the IoPTS - offers us the opportune time to revisit how the Internet transforms our workplaces.

As employment practices such as zero-hours contracts, casualization of the workforce and the use of temporary and agency labour become prevalent, this book explores the pressures for workforce flexibility and how this pressure shapes workers¿ experiences of job quality.

There has been mounting concern at the costs of the trend towards greater flexibility in the availability and use of labour in the late-20th century. This text explores the validity of claims that this trend will lead to an insecure workforce vulnerable to exploitation.

Provides an analysis of the restructuring of public service employment relations in six European countries: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark and the UK. Each of the chapters on national systems are written by experts in the field and organized around a set of themes and policy issues.

Based on findings of the Joseph Rowntree report, this book provides an up-to-the-minute review of current research on flexibility, job insecurity and work intensification. It examines impacts on individuals, their families and the workplace.

Provides a much needed evaluation of union organizing strategies being used to recruit and re-energize trade unions around the globe.

Adopts a critical and theoretical perspective on remuneration policy and practices in the UK, from the decline of collective bargaining to the rise of more individualistic systems based on employee performance. This book is suitable for those studying and for those with an interest in human resource management, performance management and reward.

This is one of the first books of its kind to consider contemporary issues, such as skills shortages, labour turnover and training, as well as changes in employment protection law in different areas of the hospitality industry.

'An extremely impressive and ambitious tour de force' Edmund Heery This book contains a detailed examination of the evolution of industrial relations.

Provides an analysis of the restructuring of public service employment relations in six European countries: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark and the UK. Each of the chapters on national systems are written by experts in the field and organized around a set of themes and policy issues.

This book adopts a thematic approach to the analysis of employee relations in the UK public services, allowing for a more rigorous and coherent critique than can be obtained from other descriptive, organization based texts.

There has been mounting concern at the costs of the trend towards greater flexibility in the availability and use of labour in the late-20th century. This text explores the validity of claims that this trend will lead to an insecure workforce vulnerable to exploitation.

This volume represents a real-life case study, revealing the interaction between the McDonald's Corporation - the most famous brand in the world - and the regulatory systems of a number of different European countries.

Adopts a critical and theoretical perspective on remuneration policy and practices in the UK, from the decline of collective bargaining to the rise of more individualistic systems based on employee performance. This book is suitable for those studying and for those with an interest in human resource management, performance management and reward.