industry. It is shown how representative training in particular prevents unions influencing the definition of the …

The topic of management training and development (MTD) in small businesses is relatively under‐researched, and an … and desire customised training.  …

leadership as well as to the concept of emotional labour. Originality/value – The value of the work in this paper is to show how …

century, unions and their members have been accused of damaging productivity, increasing labour costs and destroying jobs …

workers stem from perceived problems of quality of agency labour and a desire to maintain control over production. These …

In the context of a gradually ageing labour force and skills shortages, discrimination against older workers has … organizations do not appear to be well placed to manage future developments in the labour market, particularly in relation to …

While HRM has stimulated studies assessing the extent of UK training, there has been little sustained research into … service, attendant approaches to build credibility with line management locks training into a subservient position. Likewise …, while shared threats can close some of the status gap between training and line management, alliance tactics are …

cultures”, the recruitment and selection procedures, and the training and development practices considered necessary to develop … place sophisticated, objective recruitment and selection methods in order to achieve this, and have structured training and … strong evidence of relatively sophisticated training and development systems congruent with an HRM approach. Concludes that …

Training Reform Agenda (TRA) in Australian manufacturing. The TRA was designed to provide for the upskilling of existing …