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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348222003321

Titolo

Managing labour in small firms / / edited by Susan Marlow, Dean Patton and Monder Ram

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-38146-8

1-134-38147-6

1-280-17841-8

0-203-49561-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in small business ; ; 9

Classificazione

83.82

Altri autori (Persone)

MarlowSusan <1956->

PattonDean <1959->

RamMonder <1961->

Disciplina

658.3

Soggetti

Small business - Great Britain - Management

Personnel management - Great Britain

Industrial relations - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Managing Labour in Small Firms; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 The hunting of the snark: A critical analysis of human resource management discourses in relation to managing labour in smaller organisations; 3 Researching the employment relationship in small firms: What are the contributions from the employment relations and small business literatures?; 4 Managerial strategies in small firms; 5 Training in smaller firms; 6 Breaking out of survival businesses: Managing labour, growth and development in the South Asian restaurant trade

7 Labour regulation and SMEs: A challenge to competitiveness and employability?8 Small firms and the National Minimum Wage; 9 Managing variable pay systems in smaller workplaces: The significance of employee perceptions of organisational justice; 10 Representation, consultation and the smaller firm; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The majority of employees currently working in the private sector are now employed in small firms, yet little is known about their working conditions. This collection of essays addresses this gap. Based on theoretical analysis supported by contemporary empirical evidence, the book explores key areas of the employment relationship adding a new perspective to our understanding of contemporary work.