| Description |
vi, 232 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: PART I -- Mixed metaphors 9 -- 1 Family and Feud 11 -- 2 Crusade and Play 24 -- 3 Contract and Jungle 37 -- 4 Club and Outsider 51 -- 5 Resource and Discard 61 -- 6 Democracy and Dictatorship 73 -- 7 Partnership and Conflict 86 -- 8 Customer and Rip-off 98 -- Introduction to Parts 2 and 3 105 -- -- PART 2 -- Relationship psychology 113 -- 9 Relationships and the self 115 -- "10 Cultures, relationships and selves 131 -- 11 Individual differences and employment 143 -- 12 Organisations and employment 161 -- -- PART 3 -- Employment dialogues 177 -- 13 The compliance dialogue 179 -- 14 The difference dialogue 190 -- 15 The change dialogue 204 -- 16 The dialogue dialogue 215 |
| Summary |
"The Employment Relationship presents a controversial perspective on an area hitherto dominated by industrial relations experts and radical sociological theorists." "Exploring some of the metaphors commonly used to describe the employment relationship, Peter Herriot argues that it is often their dark rather than their bright side that best expresses how employees really feel. Human resources sometimes feel like human discards! The main culprits in this situation, he suggests, are the top managers who fail to treat employment as a relationship and employees as individuals. He concludes that management rhetoric must be replaced by real dialogue, and points to three issues where this is most crucial; employee compliance, contractual inequalities, and the need for organisational change." |
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"The Employment Relationship will make essential reading for all managers and occupational psychologists. It will also be of interest to students of work psychology, human resource management or organisational behaviors."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to EBL (Ebook Library) |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Industrial relations.
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Industrial sociology.
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Psychology, Industrial.
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Organizational behavior.
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Work -- Psychological aspects.
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| Author |
Ebooks Corporation.
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| LC no. |
00059234 |
| ISBN |
1841692395 |
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1841692409 (paperback) |
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