In the mid‐1970s, there was an upsurge of interest in the notion of worker participation at board level. Several influences contributed to this development, including initiatives from the EEC, experience of worker directors at BSC, political commitment from the then Labour Government,...

A survey of how redundancy situations are handled and carried out among 80 organisations reached through the Manchester branch of the Institute of Personnel Management, has raised many questions, suggesting the urgent need for more in‐depth research. Managerial styles of handling redundancy...