International Journal of Manpower: Volume 1 Issue 2
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An interdisciplinary journal on human resources, management & labour economicsTable of contents
Part‐time Workers and the Economy
A.T. Mallier, M.J. RosserIn the last decade the growth of part‐time employment has been one of the most significant factors affecting the size and composition of the labour force in many industrialised…
Sealife: The UK Merchant Shipping Industry's Manpower Development Programme —: Progress and Implications
Laidon Alexander, Peter SharpeIntroduction Nearly six years ago British shipowners got together with the seafarers' unions and the government to launch a joint programme. They named it “Sealife”. Its aim was…
Case Study: The Perkins Approach to Manpower Planning
David FreemantleThere appear to be many definitions of manpower planning. However, as far as Perkins is concerned, it is considered essential that the process of manpower planning is intimately…
Employment Policy in the EEC
George WedellEmployment considerations in the broad sense permeate a great deal of EEC policy. Because this permeation tends to be implicit rather than explicit, many people even in the…
Making Redundancy Redundant—or How to Save Jobs Without Really Trying
Ian Dey“Making redundancy redundant” — this may seem a strange title for a contribution written as high interest rates threaten a further spate of bankruptcies, closures and…
A Systematic Framework for Quality of Working Life Studies
Barrie O. Pettman, Keith Newton, Norman LeckieIf the Quality of Working Life (QWL) is to become a distinct “school” then, it is argued, it should possess all the attributes of a school, in particular, vocabulary, concepts and…
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0143-7720Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Professor Adrian Ziderman