The Routledge companion to employment relations / edited by Adrian Wilkinson, Tony Dundon, Jimmy Donaghey, Alexander J. S. Colvin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Employment relations : older reflections and new horizons / Adrian Wilkinson, Tony Dundon, Jimmy Donaghey and Alex Colvin -- Perspectives on employment relations -- The field of employment relations : a review / Niall Cullinane -- Economics and employment relations / Paul Willman -- Employment relations and the law / Michael Doherty -- Employment relations and history / Greg Patmore -- Sociology, the labour process and employment relations / Bill Harley -- Employment relations and gender equality / Gail Hebson and Jill Ruber -- Employment relations and human resource management / Brian Harney, Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson -- Institutional theory and employment relations / Matt Allen and Geoffrey Wood -- Research methods in employment relations / Keith Whitfield Suhaer Yunu -- Actors in employment relations -- The state and employment relations : continuity and change in the politics of regulation / Miguel Martinez Lucio and Robert MacKenzie -- Unions / Paul F Clark -- Employers, managers and employment relations / Peter Sheldon -- Multinationals as employment relations actors / Mar ia Jes us Beliz on -- Core employment relations processes and issues -- Collective bargaining / Dione Pohler -- Employee voice : conceptualisations, meanings, limitations and possible integration / Michael Barry, Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson -- Knowns and unknowns in the study of workplace dispute resolution : towards an expanded research agenda / Alex JS Colvin and Ariel C Avgar -- A pacified labour? : the transformation of labour conflict / Lorenzo Frangi, Sung-Chul Noh, Robert Hebdon -- Broadening employment relations -- Employment relations and precarious work / Chiara Benassi and Milena Tekeste -- Globalisation and work: processes, practices and consequences / Stephen Frenkel -- Global supply chains and employment relations / Jimmy Donaghey and Juliane Reinecke -- Employment relations in the informal sector / Colin C Williams -- Emerging economies, freedom of association for women workers in export-oriented manufacturing / Samanthi J Gunawardana -- Employment relations in latin america / Mark Anner and Katiuscia Galhera -- The transformation of employment relations in contemporary china / Chris King-Chi Chan and HE Yunbing -- Employment relations in africa / Pauline Dibben and Geoffrey Wood -- International institutions and supranational influence in employment relations / Michel Goyer and Rocio Valdivielso del Real -- Employment relations, stakeholder theory and business ethics / Andrew Timming and Samuel Mansell -- : contemporary reflections and future challenges -- The financial model of the firm, the future of work, and employment relations / Rose Batt -- Index.

This book is an invaluable resource for all who teach and research on the employment relationship. It brings together a global roster of authors who collectively provide a concise summary of what we know about and how we theorise the changing world of work.