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The debate on whether high standards of labour market legislation affect economic growth and the rate of employment is topical and important. The contributors to this book address three main issues: * how Taiwan's labour market was able to work so well prior to 1996, maintaining full employment...

The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of...

Absence -- ACAS -- Aesthetic labour -- Age discrimination -- Aging workforce -- Alienation --Alternative dispute resolution -- AMO model -- Annualised hours -- Apprenticeship -- Aptitude test -- Arbitration -- Assessment centres -- Attitude survey -- Bargaining level -- Bargaining scope --...

pt. I. What can we do about it as individual employees? -- pt. II. What can we do about it as teams? -- pt. III. What can we do about it as leaders? -- pt. IV. What can we do about it as organizations? -- pt. V. What can we do about it as innovation policy-makers?

1. Qualitative research in HRM: innovation over stagnation / Keith Townsend, Rebecca Loudoun and David Lewin -- Section I designing qualitative projects -- 2. The role of qualitative methods in mixed methods designs / Roslyn Cameron -- 3. Anchoring qualitative methods for longitudinal studies /...

Part 1 contextual and functional issues -- 1. The Middle East context: an introduction / Pawan S. Budhwar and Kamel Mellahi -- 2. Cultural perspectives in HRM in MENA / Pari Namazie and Barbara Covarrubias Venegas -- 3. Society level factors impacting HRM in the Middle East / Wes Harry -- 4....

Contents: 1. Introduction: The future research agenda for HRM / Paul Sparrow and Cary Cooper -- 2. HR Strategy, structure, and architecture / Dave Lepak, Kaifeng Jiang and Robert E. Ployhart -- 3. Talent management / David G. Collings, Anthony McDonnell and John McMackin -- 4. Using a...

The authors of this fascinating and original work contend that by analysing the conduct of organization members, a great deal can be learnt about firm behaviour and about the cooperative and competitive forces that underlie industry evolution