Reviews the activities of large retailing companies during the period 1991‐93. Identifies their strategic and operational responses to the economic situation prevailing at that time. Conducts the review using a financial model of a typical retailing business, within which a number of strategic...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore what happens to organisational diversity management (DM) policies when the management focus has turned towards significantly reducing workforce numbers. Design/methodology/approach – Findings from a qualitative case study research in one...

Part‐time working has been traditionally associated with poor quality, low skill jobs in the secondary labour market. Explores the expansion of part‐time work into skilled occupations using case studies in nursing and the police. Employees in both services have pay and conditions wholly...