"The aim of this book is to explore the contribution HR can make to how organizations enact change within the context of an environment of accelerating and increasing complexity driven by global forces for change. In particular the book focuses on the role of HR in creating value for the...

This book takes a fresh look at the issue of job quality, analyzing employer behaviour and discussing the agenda for policy intervention. Between 1997 and 2002, more than twelve million new jobs were created in the European Union and labour market participation increased by more than eight...