Books reviewed: Employment with Human Face: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Voice by John W. Budd. ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 2004. Workplace Justice Without Unions by Hoyt B. Wheeler, Brian S. Klaas and Douglas M. Mahony. W.E. Upjohn Institute for...

Purpose – This paper aims to consider the impact of the European Union procurement regulations. It assesses the impact of the re‐tendering of services on the terms and conditions of employment and sense of well being, and commitment of employees in the social care sub‐sector of the...

Recent speculation on whether the Government may seek to enforce a total ban on smoking in the UK’s bars and restaurants has reignited a long standing debate about the commercial impact of such a decision. Running alongside these considerations is the health and safety question and the...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to compare employment relations in the hotel industry in Australia and the UK. Australian industry employment is regulated by the state and union recognition is enshrined. A substantial proportion of Australian hotel employers engage directly in...

The world has undergone far reaching cultural, societal and economical changes based on the increasing dominance of digital technologies. In sum, these changes have led to the current period being characterized as the "digital age". In line with these changes, digital technologies play an...

In this e-book seven papers bring together various aspects of line manager experiences associated with the management and regulation of employment. Importantly, and keeping with the attributes of the journal Employee Relations, the papers address key issues concerning the roles of line managers...

This article examines the transfer of innovative soft technologies by multinational companies (MNCs) through foreign direct investment and the diffusion of those technologies by those MNCs into indigenous firms (IFs). By drawing upon the experience of such transfer and diffusion in the developed...