Partnership and modernisation in employment relations / edited by Mark Stuart and Miguel Martinez-Lucio.

"First published in 2005. Transferred to Digital Printing 2005."--T.p. verso of paperback edition.

First issued in paperback 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The context of partnership 1. Mark Stuart and Miguel Martinez Lucio: Partnership and the modernisation of employment relations: an overview 2. Peter Ackers, Mick Marchington, Adrian Wilkinson and Tony Dundon: 'Partnership and voice, with or without trade unions: changing UK management approaches to organisational participation' 3. Helen Rainbird: 'A new and modern role for trade unions? assessing partnership approaches to lifelong learning' 4. Simon Deakin, Richard Hobbs, Suzanne J Konzelmann and Frank Wilkinson: 'Corporate governance and innovation in labour-management partnerships in Britain' The process of partnership 5. Sarah Oxenbridge and William Brown: 'Developing partnership relationships: a case of leveraging power' 6. Gregor Gall: 'Breaking with, and breaking, 'partnership': the case of the postal workers and the Royal Mail in Britain' 7. IDavid Beale: 'The promotion and prospects of partnership at Inland Revenue: employer and union hand in hand?' 8. Mark Stuart and Miguel Martinez Lucio: 'Assessing the principles, risks and gains of partnership: a survey analysis of trade union representatives' The outcomes of partnership 9. John Kelly: Social partnership agreements in Britain 10. David Wray: 'Management and union motives in the negotiation of partnership: a case study of process and outcome at an engineering company' 11. Mike Richardson, Paul Stewart, Andy Danford, Stephanie Tailby and Martin Upchurch: 'Employees' experiences of workplace partnership in the private and public sector' 12. Edmund Heery, Hazel Conley, Rich Delbridge and Paul Stewart: 'Seeking partnership for the contingent workforce' 13. William K Roche and John F Geary: 'Workplace partnership and the search for dual commitment' Assessing partnership 14. Richard Hyman: 'Whose (social) partnership?' 15. Mark Stuart and Miguel Martinez Lucio: 'Coda: the future of partnership'

This book examines the significance of partnership-based approaches to the modernization of employment relations. Drawing from the work of leading researchers the contemporary interest in partnership is situated within an historical, political and practical context. Particular attention is given to exploring and understanding the practices and experiences of partnership at the workplace.