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Warning: flexibility can damage your organizational health!

Mayrhofer, Wolfgang - In: Employee Relations 19 (1997) 6, pp. 519-534

Notes that achieving flexibility for organizations is one of the key issues of management efforts. However, making organizations more flexible may reduce the organizations’ ability to survive unless sustainable flexibility is introduced. Sustainable flexibility tries to find a balance between...

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Employees' attitudes towards diversity in a non‐western context

Alserhan, Bakr Ahmad; Forstenlechner, Ingo; … - In: Employee Relations 32 (2009) 1, pp. 42-55

examine employees' attitudes towards workforce diversity in the banking sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design …/methodology/approach – A total of 100 employees from 11 banks are chosen randomly from banks operating in the UAE. Those employees are asked to … to employees, sampling limitations preventing more in‐depth analysis of certain aspects, lack of regional studies on …

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Industrial relations climate and staff attitudes in the fire service: a case of union renewal?

Redman, Tom; Snape, Ed - In: Employee Relations 28 (2006) 1, pp. 26-45

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the evidence for trade union renewal in the UK fire service. Its aim is to consider two main questions: “How have union‐management relations and the industrial relations climate been affected by management reforms?” and “To the extent...

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Behavioural Analysis of Grievances: Conflict Sources, Complexity and Transformation

Salipante, Paul F.; Bouwen, René - In: Employee Relations 12 (1990) 3, pp. 17-22

actions and outcomes. Sources of grievance conflict are explored by analysing interviews with Belgian and American employees … and practitioner by providing insight into the organisational function of conflict and into employees′ most basic beliefs …

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Having “a say”: forms of voice in Australian call centres

McDonnell, Anthony; Connell, Julia; Hannif, Zeenobiyah; … - In: Employee Relations 36 (2014) 3, pp. 214-234

employees perceive their level of voice over workplace decisions. The inclusion of direct voice mechanisms is noteworthy as … was viewed as especially important in terms of employees asserting that they have some influence over workplace issues … needed in the voice literature at how employees perceive different mechanisms and how institutionalized and legitimate these …

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Japanising Geordie‐land?

Hague, Rod - In: Employee Relations 11 (1989) 2, pp. 3-16

This article considers employment policy and labour relations in three Japanese manufacturing enterprises in north‐east England. In each case, the author discusses a number of features, namely, the decision of the company to locate in the north‐east, union recognition, workforce flexibility,...

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Characteristics and Customs: Empirical Evidence on the Union‐joining Decision

Ingham, Mike - In: Employee Relations 15 (1993) 4, pp. 27-41

Presents the results of a survey which re‐examines the question of which workers choose to belong to unions in the light of recent theoretical developments in the area. However, the results also indicate that various personal and job‐related characteristics are important and this suggests...

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Human Resource Management in Italy

Alessandro Sirianni, Carlo - In: Employee Relations 14 (1992) 5, pp. 23-38

In recent years in Italy, as in the rest of Europe, new and profound changes have occurred in both the economic and political world as a whole. Such transformations in social and economic systems, typical of societies in the phase of transition to industrially advanced economies, have determined...

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Personnel Management : A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice (3rd ed.)

Beardwell, Ian - In: Employee Relations 22 (2000) 5, pp. 523-527

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Unfair dismissals in Australia: does arbitration help employees?

Chelliah, John; D'Netto, Brian - In: Employee Relations 28 (2006) 5, pp. 483-495

federal legislation and to assess whether employees benefit from arbitration. Design/methodology/approach – This research …. Findings – The findings of this study indicate that 50.6 per cent of arbitration decisions were in favour of employees and only … harmonious workplace. Employees do not benefit much from arbitration and have little chance of reclaiming their jobs. Reaching a …

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