Employee Relations: Volume 20 Issue 2

Strategic integration and employee relations: the impact of managerial styles

Patrick Gunnigle, Thomas Turner, Michael Morley

This paper considers the impact of collectivist and individualist management styles in employee relations on levels of strategic integration in employee relations. The findings…

“All together better?” Single status and union recognition in the chemical industry

Alan Tuckman

In the debate leading up to the publication of the proposed Government White Paper Fairness at Work, companies which have de‐recognised unions have been portrayed by the unions as…

Workforce reduction strategies: an empirical examination of the options

John Sutherland

This paper discusses the workforce reduction strategies of management (such as natural wastage, redeployment, redundancy etc), identifying some of the factors that influence…

Employee representation on health and safety in small enterprises: A trade union initiative in agriculture

David Walters

Presents an evaluation of a trade union project to appoint regional health and safety representatives in farm‐working. Outlines the background and development of the scheme and…

Employee representation and health and safety: A strategy for improving health and safety performance in small enterprises?

David Walters

Considers the role of employee representation in improving health and safety performance within small enterprises. Focuses on an approach to employee participation through…