Employee Relations: Volume 5 Issue 1

Industrial Relations in the Next Two Decades:: Government Objectives

Norman Tebbit

First presented at a conference earlier in 1983, this article raises a number of points concerning government objectives in industrial relations.

Managerial Career Change following Redundancy:: Reactions to Job Uncertainty

Penny Swinburne

As the current period of recession extends, our understanding of the impact of the associated redundancies and unemployment on individuals should become progressively refined…

The Labour Relations Practices of Foreign‐owned and Indigenous Firms

Jim Hamill

There are a number of important differences in the labour relations practices of American‐owned and indigenous firms operating in the UK. Such differences are due mainly to the…

Expectations and Attitudes:: An Industrial Comparison

A.J.M. Sykes, Isobel Lindsay

This article describes a study of the workers in two heavy engineering plants, in the Glasgow area, one belonging to a British company of a traditional type, the other to an…