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Edging towards managing diversity in practice

Maxwell, Gillian A.; Blair, Sharon; McDougall, Marilyn - In: Employee Relations 23 (2001) 5, pp. 468-482

organisational significance. Focuses on a recent case study examination of equality at work in a major, national public sector …

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Labour market experiences of skilled British migrants in Vancouver

Harvey, William S. - In: Employee Relations 34 (2012) 6, pp. 658-669

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the labour market experiences of highly skilled migrants from developed countries who are not linguistic or visible minorities in the host country. Design/methodology/approach – The results of the paper derive from interviews with 64 highly...

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Developing Trust in Negotiation

Fells, R.E. - In: Employee Relations 15 (1993) 1, pp. 33-45

Trust appears to be central in the development of effective workplace and negotiating relationships. However, much of the discussion presumes an understanding of what “trust” is. Seeks to examine the nature of trust and suggests that it relates to risk and the expectations of interacting...

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Work, Effort and Performance

McLaverty, Peter; Drummond, Helga - In: Employee Relations 15 (1993) 3, pp. 37-44

performance at work. The findings show that a high proportion of those interviewed reported working longer than their contractual … weekly hours without receiving extra payment and that respondents had a commitment to completing their work within the …‐determined goals. Managers tended to be unhappy about the poor relationship between their work effort and their performance outputs …

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Trade Unions and Organizational Innovation

Thompson, Paul; Wallace, Terry; Sederblad, Per - In: Employee Relations 16 (1994) 2, pp. 53-64

obstacles and potential for doing this in the sphere of work organization, utilizing comparative research in the UK and Sweden. …

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Trade unions and bargaining for skills

Dundon, Tony; Eva, Dave - In: Employee Relations 20 (1998) 1, pp. 57-72

Seeks to locate the role of trade unions in bargaining for vocational education and training (VET) within the context of workplace industrial relations. Drawing on the experiences and findings of a TUC project aimed at improving union awareness of training initiatives, argues that any clear...

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Boyd, Carol - In: Employee Relations 22 (2000) 3, pp. 293-298

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Women and Work, The Age of Post Feminism?

Danieli, Ardha - In: Employee Relations 23 (2001) 3, pp. 290-302

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