The broad field of employment relations is diverse and complex and is under constant development and reinvention. This handbook, written by international scholars, discusses fundamental theories and approaches to work and employment relations, and their connection to broader political and...

1. Qualitative research in HRM: innovation over stagnation / Keith Townsend, Rebecca Loudoun and David Lewin -- Section I designing qualitative projects -- 2. The role of qualitative methods in mixed methods designs / Roslyn Cameron -- 3. Anchoring qualitative methods for longitudinal studies /...

Contents: 1. What we wish we had known : lessons learned to keep your doctorate on track (1) / Rebecca Loudoun, Emily A. Morrison, Mark N.K. Saunders and Keith Townsend ; PART I. GETTING INTO IT: 2. Choosing your topic : a supervisor perspective (14) / Jimmy Donaghey -- 3. 'Begin at the...

Contents: 1. Theories used in employment relations and human resource management / Keith Townsend, Aoife M. McDermott, Kenneth Cafferkey and Tony Dundon -- 2. Marxism at work / Roger Seifert -- 3. Neo-pluralism in contemporary employment relations and HRM: The case for workplace and academic...

"This timely Research Handbook brings together 24 chapters with a wide range of different theoretical perspectives, empirical research, and innovative thought provoking ideas relating to an area of organisation and management that has been neglected for many decades - line managers. With a...

"An overview of key themes domestically and internationally from the 19th communist Party Congress held in Beijing in October 2017, setting out the main policy priorties for the Xi government in china as ther country moves towards fulfillment of the first cenenary Goal, the hundredth anniversary...