Examines the phenomenon of worker displacement resulting from redundancies within defence-related industries. Focuses on responses to an extensive survey of people made redundant over a three-year period in four defence-dependent companies in Scotland. Examines individuals’ experiences...

Examines the phenomenon of worker displacement resulting from redundancies within defence-related industries. Focuses on responses to an extensive survey of people made redundant over a three-year period in four defence-dependent companies in Scotland. Examines individuals’ experiences...

This article explores the employability of information and communication technology (ICT) professionals from the perspective of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The first stage of analysis, based on over 100 interviews with managers of ICT supplier companies in seven European...

The paper evaluates the centrality of work to employees in two growing employment sectors, call-centres and software development. It then examines evidence for extensions of work into household and family life in these two sectors. Extensions are identified as tangible, such as unpaid overtime,...

Most work on high-performance work systems has examined only the direct relationship between a set of management practices and performance outcomes. This presumes that any connection operates through the incentive and motivational effects captured as 'high-commitment' or 'high-involvement'...