Intended for for core HRM modules on HRM and business degree programmes for second and final year undergraduate or postgraduate levels and the CIPD People Management and Development module. This work covers topics including private equity firms, diversity, international HRM and globalisation, the role of line managers, and the meaning of work.

Employee participation encompasses the range of mechanisms (unions, councils, high-performance teams, etc.) used to involve the workforce in decisions at all levels of the organization. This Handbook looks at the different arguments and schools of thought, with the aim of problematizing them, not just in terms of implementation but also principles.

This volume examines the way in which employment is managed across organisational boundaries. It analyses how public-private partnerships, franchises, agencies, and other forms of inter-firm contractual relations impact on work and employment and the experiences of those working in these increasingly significant forms of organization.

A guide to the practice of employee involvement (EI), which covers all major forms of EI, including written and face to face communications, problem solving techniques and job redesign and financial involvement. The text also presents a framework in which different EI initiatives can be located.

1. Introduction: Fragmenting Work Across Organizational Boundaries; 2. Inter-Organizational Networks: Trust, Power, and the Employment Relationship; 3. Blurring the Boundaries to the Employment Relationship: From Single to Multi-Employer Relationships; 4. The Strategic Management of Contracting in the Private Sector; 5.