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Integrating Barnard's and contemporary views of industrial relations and HRM
Novicevic, Milorad M.; Hayek, Mario; Fang, Tony - In: Journal of Management History 17 (2011) 1, pp. 126-138
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to juxtapose the contemporary views of industrial relations (IR) and human resource management (HRM) with the ideas expressed by Chester Barnard. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyzes Chester Barnard's views along the four premises that...
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Norwegian and Nordic trade union support and solidarity for trade unions in eastern and central Europe
Erik Thoresen, Finn - In: Employee Relations 27 (2005) 6, pp. 592-602
Purpose – This paper aims to provide a Norwegian perspective of how trade unions in the former Soviet block countries have dealt with the challenges of the post‐communist period and how the European trade union movement has attempted to assist them as they have adjusted to representing and...
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The Labour Code in the Republic of Slovakia
Majtan, Borislav - In: Employee Relations 27 (2005) 6, pp. 603-612
Purpose – This paper aims to examine how the Slovak Labour Code has evolved as a result of the “velvet revolution … encourage a more flexible labour market has seen many of the old powers of the trade unions transferred to other forms of … into how “players” in the “employee relations game” perceive the re‐codification of the Slovak Labour Code. There seems to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014731079
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The current world business meltdown: Islamic religion as a regulator
Almoharby, Darwish - In: Humanomics 27 (2011) 2, pp. 97-108
Purpose – This paper aims to provide an account of how Islam regulates the processes and interactions in areas of the … responsibility is carried out. The various arguments advanced here rest on the teachings of the holy book of Islam (The Quran ) and … the teachings of the Prophet of Islam (Mohammed). Findings – For Muslims, ethics in business may only be obtained if one …
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Bringing stakeholder theory to industrial relations
Van Buren, Harry J.; Greenwood, Michelle - In: Employee Relations 33 (2011) 1, pp. 5-21
. Findings – Labour and industrial relations scholarship would benefit from the integration of stakeholder language and … theory scholarship would benefit from explicit consideration of power, which is common to work in labour and industrial … relations scholarship. Originality/value – Stakeholder theory can benefit from labour and industrial relations scholarship and …
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A framework for talent management in real estate
Phillips, Deborah R.; Roper, Kathy O. - In: Journal of Corporate Real Estate 11 (2009) 1, pp. 7-16
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose talent management, in today's competitive marketplace, is critical in organizational success. Real estate organizations are now recognizing the value in attracting and retaining the best, brightest employees in order to achieve higher than...
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Changing employment relations in the Asia‐Pacific region
Bamber, Greg J.; Leggett, Chris J. - In: International Journal of Manpower 22 (2001) 4, pp. 300-317
Discusses the employment relations (ER) of seven countries: Australia, New Zealand and Japan have in different ways been restructuring their ER for increased flexibility. The South Korean process of democratisation has included a reduction in state regulation of unions. Taiwan’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014784043
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The psychodynamics of organisation change
Carr, Adrian - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 14 (1999) 7/8, pp. 573-585
Aspects of the psychodynamics of organisation change are explored and in particular how emotion and emotionality can be read. A case is made to go beyond the dichotomous world of “rational” versus “emotional” and develop a greater appreciation of how the rational and the emotional can be...
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Performance and quality of working life
Pruijt, Hans - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 13 (2000) 4, pp. 389-400
Examines the deep structure of the discourse on the organization of work and shows that the most successful texts share a common structure: they construct an ideal model in which performance and quality go hand‐in‐hand. Provides explanations for the self‐constructed gap between the model...
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HRM and organizational change: an emotional endeavor
Doorewaard, Hans; Benschop, Yvonne - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 16 (2003) 3, pp. 272-286
This paper sketches the outlines of a differentiated approach towards the contribution of HRM to organizational change. While departing from a critique on the assumptions of the human resource‐based view of the firm, we develop an alternative approach which has been derived from the core...
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