Prevailing patterns of dispersed share ownership and rules of corporate governance for UK listed companies appear to constrain the ability of managers to make credible, long‐term commitments to employees of the kind needed to foster effective labour‐management partnerships. We present case...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the most important trends in work and employment over the past 50 years. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopted the 50-year perspective in line with the celebration of Manchester Industrial Relations Society’s 50th...