International and Comparative Employment Relations

′This Fifth Edition is an indispensable tool for all those interested in keeping abreast with the developments in the world of work on a global scale′ - Peter Auer, International Labour Organisation ′By far the best and most widely used contemporary comparative industrial relations book′ - Sarosh Kuruvilla, Cornell University, USA Earlier editions of this book have become the standard reference for a worldwide readership of students, scholars and practitioners in international agencies, governments, companies and unions. This fifth edition examines globalisation and comparative theories, including notions of convergence and of varieties of capitalism. Chapters on employment relations in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Japan and South Korea are updated, and new chapters on China, India and Denmark are included. Experts examine the context of employment relations in each country: economic, historical, legal, social and political. They outline the roles of the major players: employers, unions and governments. They outline the processes of employment relations: local and centralised collective bargaining, arbitration and mediation, joint consultation and employee participation. Topical issues are discussed: non-unionised workplaces, novel forms of human resource management, labour law reform, employee involvement, multinational enterprises, networked organisations, differences between Asian and western companies, small and medium-sized enterprises, migrant workers, technological change, labour market flexibility and pay determination.

Table of Contents:
International and Comparative Employment Relations - Nick Wailes, Greg J Bamber and Russell D Lansbury An Introduction Employment Relations in Britain - Mick Marchington, Jeremy Waddington and Andrew Timming Employment Relations in the United States of America - Harry C Katz and Alexander Colvin Employment Relations in Canada - Mark Thompson and Daphne G Taras Employment Relations in Australia - Russell D Lansbury and Nick Wailes Employment Relations in Italy - Lucio Baccaro and Valeria Pulignano Employment Relations in France - Janine Goetschy and Annette Jobert Employment Relations in Germany - Berndt K Keller and Anja Kirsch Employment Relations in Denmark - Jørgen Steen Madsen, Jesper Due and Søren Kaj Andersen Employment Relations in Japan - Hiromasa Suzuki and Katsuyuki Kubo Employment Relations in Korea - Byoung-Hoon Lee Employment Relations in China - Fang Lee Cooke Employment Relations in India - C S Venkata Ratnam and Anil Verma

About the Author :
Greg J. Bamber is a British-Australian academic, researcher and writer. He is Professor, Department of Management and Director, International Consortium for Research in Employment & Work, Centre for Global Business, Monash Business School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He was educated at University (U) of Manchester, London School of Economics and Heriot-Watt U, Edinburgh.  In his early career, he worked on research projects based at Imperial College, London; Oxford; and Warwick, at the UK Government’s former Commission on Industrial Relations and as an arbitrator with the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. He was an academic at the Durham U, UK and subsequently an academic in Australia at Queensland U; Queensland U of Technology (Director, Australian Research Council (ARC) Key Centre in Strategic Management); Griffith U (Dean/Director, Graduate School of Management). The book International & Comparative Employment Relations edited by him and colleagues that was first published in 1987 is seen as "the standard work", which is used around the world. SAGE will publish the 7th edition in 2021. He has more than 200 other publications in leading journals and books such as Up in the Air: How Airlines Can Improve Performance by Engaging their Employees. He has helped to lead many research projects funded by the ARC and the UK Economic and Social Research Council. International agencies (e.g. International Labour Organization), governments and enterprises have commissioned him to conduct research projects or to be an advisor on work organisation, HR or industrial relations. He has conducted research in many sectors including aviation, agriculture, building, chemicals, education, electronics, engineering, finance, health, hotels, infrastructure, mining, the public sector, railways, restaurants, retailing, tourism, telecommunications, manufacturing and unions as well as a range of enterprises in Australia internationally. He is President, the Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association and has served earlier as President of Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management, Industrial Relations Society of Victoria (Australia) and the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand. He is Co-Chair: International Section, US Labor & Employment Relations Association (LERA). He is a Fellow of ANZAM, LERA, Academy of Social Sciences, UK; Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia; Australian Human Resources Institute; British Academy of Management; Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, UK; Chartered Management Institute, UK. He has served also as a Director on several boards in the fields of education, healthcare and sport, as well as on more than 20 editorial boards for international journals. He has given presentations at many other universities and conferences in many countries including in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, UK, USA. He is a regular commentator in the electronic and printed mass media in Australia and internationally. For more, see The Conversation, Linkedin, Orcid, Twitter, Who′s Who in Australia, YouTube or ask:gregbamber@gmail.com Russell D. Lansbury - Emeritus Professor, Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney, Australia Nick Wailes – Professor; Dean of the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales, Australia

Review :
This book analyzes employment relations from an international perspective...Each chapter provides a historical overview of the labor relations environment, followed by a discussion of the main developments and current issues. The subject matter is important to a broad group of scholars. Overall, a useful introduction to national systems. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates through to researchers/faculty Choice “By far the best and most widely used contemporary comparative industrial relations book.” “This highly-readable latest edition of the leading comparative labour relations book is an invaluable resource for students, practitioners and policymakers as they confront the challenges of globalisation and of the information age.” This book analyzes employment relations from an international perspective...Each chapter provides a historical overview of the labor relations environment, followed by a discussion of the main developments and current issues. The subject matter is important to a broad group of scholars. Overall, a useful introduction to national systems. Recommended for upper-division undergraduates through to researchers/faculty Choice