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Two routes to managing diversity: individual differences or social group characteristics
Sonia LiffShould managing diversity be seen as an attack on, or a contribution to, attempts to achieve greater workplace equality? Reviews US practitioner literature and US and UK research…
German co‐determination ‐ Quo vadis? A study of the implementation of new management concepts in a German steel company
Hartmut WächterExamines the pressures on the German co‐determination system in the context of the introduction of total quality management (TQM) in a German steel company. The case is a…
Knowledge work or working knowledge? Ambiguity and confusion in the analysis of the “knowledge age”
David CollinsAnalyses, critically, the interest in “knowledge work” and the “knowledge age”. Arguing that definitions of “knowledge work” and predictions regarding the future trajectories of…
Youth, gender and part‐time employment: A preliminary appraisal of student employment
Rosemary Lucas, Lisa RalstonIncreasing numbers of full‐time students at school, college and university are combining study with work in marginal, flexible, low‐ paid, part‐time service jobs. The employment…
Employment relations in small service organizations: The case of general practice
John Newton, Jo HuntThe changes brought about by the new professional contract (1990) and the NHS reforms of 1991 are creating larger general practices which increasingly are seen as ‐ and see…
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