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2. Continuity and Change in the Programme of the Industrial Relations Research Unit
Keith SissonThe past two years have seen considerable changes in the organisation of the Industrial Relations Research Unit (IRRU) at the University of Warwick as well as its personnel. It is…
3. Research into the Management of Employee Relations at Templeton College, Oxford
John Purcell, Roger UndyThe Oxford Institute for Employee Relations (OXIFER) is a small research and teaching community based at Templeton College, Oxford. It aims to link advanced research with teaching…
4. Researching the New Industrial Relations
Stephen WoodRegardless of judgements about the novelty, permanence or extent of the “new industrial relations”, key features in the USA are a decline in union membership, the declining role…
5. Management Opposition to Union Organisation: Researching the Indicators
Phil BeaumontThe general opinion in Britain at present is that the unions are not facing significant changes in management attitudes towards the institution of unionism. This view has been…
6. Voluntary Redundancy: A Preliminary Investigation
Paul LewisVoluntary redundancy (VR) has become a widespread phenomenon in British industrial relations. Combined with redundancy payments it has removed obstacles to industrial…
7. Profit‐sharing and Share Ownership Schemes in Britain
Michael PooleProfit‐sharing and employee share ownership schemes have attracted great interest in the 1980s. The findings of the first phase of a Department of Employment study which involved…
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