Overview
The Employment Relationship presents a controversial perspective on an area hitherto dominated by industrial relation experts and radical sociological theorists. Peter Herriot argues that the main culprits in this situation are the top managers who fail to treat employment as a relationship and employees as individuals. He points to three issues where dialogue is crucial: employee compliance, contractual inequalities and the need for organisational change. The Employment Relationship will make essential reading for all managers and occupational psychologists. It will also be of interest to students of work psychology, human resource management or organisational behaviour.
Full Product Details
Author: Peter Herriot
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.440kg
ISBN: 9781841692401
ISBN 10: 1841692409
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 29 November 2001
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Herriot tackles an important problem in organizations-the viability of the employment relationship in the face of mergers, downsizing, global competition, and economic downturns. ... [H]is important contribution is to examine more closely the essence of the employer-employee relationship, particularly the negative aspects, which tend to be downplayed in the popular business press, and to seek new means of bring in employers and employees together to talk about the problems and then formulate possible solutions. -Stephen Knouse, Acting Dean, B. I. Moody III College of Business Administration, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA
Herriot tackles an important problem in organizations-the viability of the employment relationship in the face of mergers, downsizing, global competition, and economic downturns. ... [H]is important contribution is to examine more closely the essence of the employer-employee relationship, particularly the negative aspects, which tend to be downplayed in the popular business press, and to seek new means of bring in employers and employees together to talk about the problems and then formulate possible solutions. <br>-Stephen Knouse, Acting Dean, B. I. Moody III College of Business Administration, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA <br>
Author Information
Peter Herriot is a well-known commentator on organisations and employment. After a career as an organisational psychologist, he has more recently been engaged in consultancy and research and he is currently Editor of The European Journal of Work and Organisaitonal Psychology. His previous publications include New Deals, (1995, with Carole Pemberton) and Trust and Transition, (1998, with Wendy Hirsh and Peter Reilly).
