This paper examines changes in industrial relations in a large number of provincial newspapers (existing and acquired) following expansion through acquisition by previously medium‐sized newspaper groups. It considers whether acquisition leads to forces for change or continuity, diversity or...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to examine the processes and outcomes under which employers in the magazine industry in the UK ended the collective bargaining agreements for journalists with the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and instituted a unilateral‐based regime in the...

Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the extent of the implementation of annual hours working in Britain and its impact upon employers, organisations and employees. Design/methodology/approach – The paper deploys secondary data and sources to establish an overview of the salient issues....

Returns to a case study of a newspaper company introducing HRM presented five years earlier in this journal. Looks at all the editorial offices of the company and examines the extent to which the company has succeeded in implementing HRM and what this has meant for a key section of its...

Makes a critical examination of annual hours (AH), a relatively new development in industrial relations in Britain. First, considers the extent, sectoral distribution and development of AH before moving to examine the reasons why a growing number of employers are introducing this way of...