Restructuring Work and Employment in Europe: Managing Change in an Era of Globalisation - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847205690 ISBN 13: 9781847205698

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

This detailed, comprehensive study on downsizing in Europe is underpinned by cross-national, interdisciplinary empirical research on restructuring management in five European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It contains systematic national comparative overviews, and transversal analyses of more than 30 in-depth case studies, taking into account a broad range of perspectives across professional human resources managers, unions' representatives, local and national civil servants, social workers and physicians. The authors examine strategic choices and practices in national and local contexts, showing that the practice of restructuring is not as heterogeneous as many previous studies have indicated or predicted. Systematic policy proposals for better economic and social management of restructuring are also prescribed.

This team of well-known economists and social scientists have prepared a book that will appeal to consultants and human resource managers and employees, especially in transnational firms, as well as to students in industrial relations, in labour economics, and in sociology. It will also be of special interest to members of the European Commission and policymakers involved in employment and social affairs.

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Edited by Bernard Gazier, Professor of Economics, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, University of Paris 1 and CNRS, France and Frédéric Bruggeman, Consultant, Amnyos, CNRS, France

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847205690
• ISBN 13: 9781847205698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 424
• Editor: Gazier Bernard, Bruggeman Frédéric