Employee Relations: Volume 30 Issue 6

Is social Europe dead?

John Gennard

The purpose of this editorial is to examine whether the social dimension of the single European market (SEM) has stalled or come to an end.

A multidimensional approach to employee participation and the association with social identification in organizations

Thomas Joensson

Employee participation is often suggested to improve employees' relations to the organization. A multidimensional perspective on employee participation may heighten its…

Hard law, soft edge? Information, consultation and partnership

Michael Doherty

The purpose of this paper is to assess whether the transposition of the EU directive on informing and consulting employees is likely to enhance voice and participation rights of…

The challenge of connecting and co‐ordinating the learning agenda: A case study of a trade union learning centre in the UK

Robert Perrett, Miguel Martínez Lucio

This paper aims to illustrate how innovative trade union strategies are emerging around the learning agenda and how these are being used to extend union strategies within the…

Well paid but undervalued and overworked: The highs and lows of being a junior lawyer in a leading law firm

Ingo Forstenlechner, Fiona Lettice

The purpose of this paper is to determine what motivates junior lawyers to join a “Top 5” law firm, to understand their job and career expectations and whether or not these are…

The many approaches to organisational misbehaviour: A review, map and research agenda

James Richards

The purpose of this paper is to re‐map the neglected phenomenon of organisational misbehaviour (misbehaviour) by reflecting the many approaches taken on this emergent field of…

Help wanted? Employers' use of temporary agencies in the UK construction industry

Chris Forde, Robert MacKenzie, Andrew Robinson

The purpose of this paper is to explore the dynamics between employers' use of temporary agency workers and the aspirations of agencies to expand their role further within…

Outstanding paper Award

David Redfern

Note from the publisher

Vicky Williams