Year: 2008
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Since the early 1990s, growing attention has been afforded to employment relations in smaller firms.Generally, such organisations are more likely to adopt an informal approach to labour management facilitated by the proximity between employers and employees, idiosyncratic intervention by firms owners and a reluctance to employ professional HR managers.However, as firms grow, this approach is difficult to sustain as the employment relationship becomes increasingly intricate.This paper explores the management of employment relations within growing firms.Using a qualitative approach to explore how change is managed as firms become more complex, owners, Chief Executives, managers, HR managers and employees from six medium sized firms have been interviewed at length to ascertain their experiences and views upon this process.
Source: Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
Authors: Susan Marlow, Amanda Thompson
Institution: De Montfort University
Language: English
Topic: Labor Movements and Unions
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2210991397