Employee Relations: Volume 29 Issue 3

Trust and the psychological contract

Carol Atkinson

This paper aims to contribute empirical data to the under‐researched relationship between trust and the psychological contract.

Reorganising UNISON within the NHS

Simon de Turberville

This paper aims to explore the rationale underpinning the national development of UNISON's organising strategy and its implementation at regional and branch levels.

Workplace and employment characteristics of Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) clients

Brian Abbott

There is a paucity of information on the characteristics and reasons for workers contacting the CAB with employment problems. This paper seeks to fill this gap in people's…

The contribution of e‐HRM to HRM effectiveness: Results from a quantitative study in a Dutch Ministry

Huub J.M. Ruël, Tanya V. Bondarouk, Mandy Van der Velde

Both for‐profit and not‐for‐profit organisations have been replacing face‐to‐face HRM activities with web‐based HRM tools, e‐HRM for short, for employees and managers since the…

An analysis of the role of European works councils in British workplaces

David Redfern

The paper seeks to identify the nature of the contribution that European works councils (EWCs) have made to six British workplaces and their employees.

“High commitment” strategies: It ain't what you do; it's the way that you do it

Carole Parkes, Judy Scully, Michael West, Jeremy Dawson

This paper sets out to contribute to the advancement of knowledge, particularly with regard to the processes of implementation and the role of managers engaged in such high…

Lima, Peru

Dr James Kelly