The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Relations

689 Pages·2008·3.162 MB·English

by  Paul Blyton, Nicolas A Bacon, Jack Fiorito, Edmund Heery

The SAGE
Handbook of
Industrial Relations

The SAGE
Handbook of
Industrial Relations
Edited by
Paul Blyton
Nicolas Bacon
Jack Fiorito
and Edmund Heery
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Contents
ListofFigures viii
ListofTables ix
NotesonContributors xi
Preface xviii
1 Introduction:TheFieldofIndustrialRelations 1
EdmundHeery,NicolasBacon,PaulBlytonandJackFiorito
PARTONE PERSPECTIVESANDAPPROACHES 33
2 TheHistoryofIndustrialRelationsasaFieldofStudy 35
CarolaM.Frege
3 IndustrialRelationsandtheSocialSciences 53
PeterAckersandAdrianWilkinson
4 SystemandChangeinIndustrialRelationsAnalysis 69
EdmundHeery
5 Values,Ideologies,andFramesofReferenceinIndustrialRelations 92
JohnW.BuddandDevasheeshBhave
6 TheInfluenceofProductMarketsonIndustrialRelations 113
WilliamBrown
7 VarietiesofCapitalismandIndustrialRelations 129
KerstinHamannandJohnKelly
8 NewFormsofWorkandtheHighPerformanceParadigm 149
StephenProcter
9 ChangingTraditionsinIndustrialRelationsResearch 170
GeorgeStraussandKeithWhitfield
vi CONTENTS
PARTTWO THEACTORSININDUSTRIALRELATIONS 187
10 TradeUnionMorphology 189
JackFioritoandPaulJarley
11 TradeUnionStrategy 209
PeterBoxall
12 EmployerOrganizations 225
FranzTraxler
13 ManagementStrategyandIndustrialRelations 241
NicolasBacon
14 TheStateinIndustrialRelations 258
RichardHyman
15 TheLegalFrameworkofEmploymentRelations 284
SimonDeakinandWanjiruNjoya
16 TheStateasEmployer 305
MarickF.Masters,RayGibney,IrynaShevchuk,andTomZagenczyk
17 InternationalActorsandInternationalRegulation 325
RebeccaGumbrell-McCormick
18 WorksCouncils 346
JeanJenkinsandPaulBlyton
19 TheEvolutionofStakeholderRegimes:BeyondNeo-Corporatism 358
CharlesHeckscher
PARTTHREE INDUSTRIALRELATIONSPROCESSES 375
20 UnionFormation 377
JohnGodard
21 TheChangingStructureofCollectiveBargaining 406
RobertJ.Flanagan
22 TheHighPerformanceWorkSystemsLiteratureinIndustrialRelations 420
AnnC.Frost
23 EmployeeInvolvementandDirectParticipation 434
RussellD.LansburyandNickWailes
24 ResolvingConflict 447
DavidLewin
CONTENTS vii
PARTFOUR INDUSTRIALRELATIONSOUTCOMES 469
25 ContingentWorkArrangements 471
DanielG.Gallagher
26 TheTheoryandPracticeofPaySetting 491
AlexBrysonandJohnForth
27 WorkingTimeandWork-LifeBalance 513
PaulBlyton
28 WorkerWell-Being 529
DavidGuest
29 IndustrialRelationsClimate 548
AliDastmalchian
30 EqualityatWork 572
BarbaraPocock
31 ConflictatWork 588
GregorGallandRobertHebdon
32 SkillFormation 606
IrenaGrugulis
33 IndustrialRelationsandBusinessPerformance 623
JohnT.Delaney
34 LaborMarketInstitutionsAroundtheWorld 640
RichardB.Freeman
Index 659
List of Figures
5.1 Definingideologyandframeofreference 93
11.1 Thecontextoftradeunionstrategy 211
11.2 Phasesofindustryevolution 213
11.3 Fourpatternsoftradeunionstrategicchoiceinneo-liberalenvironments 216
11.4 Willman’s‘UnionPortfolio’ 217
16.1 IRsystemsframeworkofthestateasemployer 306
29.1 Theindustrialrelationsclimatemodelandsummaryofrelevantfactors 554
29.2 Simplifiedmodeloforganizationalperformance 561
31.1 US–strikedaysper1,000workers,1948–2006 599
31.2 Canada–strikeincidenceandduration,1946–2005 599
List of Tables
1.1 Levelsofindustrialrelationsanalysis 7
4.1 Modelsofchangeunderpinningtheoriesofunionrevitalization 79
5.1 Fourtheoriesoftheemploymentrelationship 102
7.1 Uniondensity(%)anddensitychangein20OECDcountries1980–2000 138
7.2 Bargainingcoordinationindexandrankingsin15OECDcountries1973–77
and1993–97 138
7.3 Collectivebargainingcoverage(%)in20OECDcountries1980–2000 139
7.4 Employmentprotectionlegislationin19OECDcountries,late1980s–2003 140
7.5 Grossearningsinequality(90:10ratios)forfulltimeemployeesin19OECD
countries1980–1984to1995–1999 140
7.6 IndustrialconflictinselectedOECDcountries1985–2003(dayslost
per1000workers) 141
7.7 Standardizedunemploymentrates(%)inselectedOECDcountries1985–2003 142
8.1 ClassificationdeviceforstudieslinkingHRpracticeandorganizational
performance 154
9.1 NatureofpaperspublishedinmainIRjournals 180
9.2 Typeofdataandmethodsofanalysisused 181
9.3 Industrialrelationsresearchmethods 182
12.1 Thelargestemployerpeakorganization:Basicdata(1994–96) 228
12.2 Thesystemofemployerorganization(1991–98) 234
13.1 Managementstyleindustrialrelationstypologies 244
13.2 Employmentrelationschoices 246
16.1 Dimensionsofgovernance 308
16.2 Generalgovernmentfinalconsumptionexpenditure(percentofGDP) 311
16.3 CoregovernmentfunctionsofselectedOECDmembercountries 312
16.4 Publicemployment 313
16.5 Countrybreakdownofamountsraisedbyprivatization(Billionsof$US) 314
16.6 Privatizationinitiativesinselectedcountries 315
16.7 Uniondensity,privateandpublicsector(percentofunionizedworkers) 317
16.8 Characteristicsofcareer-based,department-based,andposition-basedcivil
systems 318
20.1 Majorstudiesanddatasetsemployedinvotingpropensityanalyses 378
21.1 BargainingstructuresinOECDcountries,1970–2000 414
21.2 BargainingcoordinationinOECDcountries,1970–2000 414
26.1 GrosshourlyearningsintheUK,Autumn2005 493
28.1 Perspectivesontheoutcomesofcontemporaryemploymentrelations 532
29.1 Asummaryofthesixlongitudinalcasestudies 559
33.1 Summaryofmeta–analysesofunioneffects 627