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About this book/synopsis: Published before the launch of the Euro on 1st January 1999 and for the World Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association, where it was discussed (22-26 September 1998, Bologna, Italy) , this book tries to fill the gap in the debates about what effect the Euro-ization of Europe will have on industrial relations. Plenty of discussion had taken place on the economic merits and impacts of European Monetary Union (EMU - and set to introduce the Euro as the only currency by 1st January 2002), but little discussion had covered industrial relations, even though much of the economic debates had looked closely at the implications of entry to the EMU for the labour market. |
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About this book: Exploring recent changes in employment practices in the automotive and telecoms industries in 7 industrialised countries (Australia, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and the United States), Harry C. Katz and Owen Darbishire find that traditional systems of employment are being challenged by 4 cross-national patterns. These patterns are becoming ever more prevalent and can be categorized as low-wage, human resource management, Japanese-oriented, and joint team based strategies. The authors go on to demonstrate that these changing employment patterns are closely related to the decline of unions and growing income inequality. Drawing on plant-level evidence of emerging employment practices, they provide a comprehensive analysis of changes in employment systems and labour-management relations. They conclude that whilst the variation in employment patterns is increasing within countries, their findings suggest that the nature and origins of this variation are similar in many countries. This pattern gives rise to the term "converging divergences". Chapter 1. Introduction: The Links between Increased Inequality References; About the Authors; Index About the authors: Owen Darbishire was University Lecturer in the Said Business School and Fellow, Pembroke College, University of Oxford. He is the author of a number of articles and chapters in scholarly publications, including a chapter on Germany in Telecommunications |
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