Comparative Industrial Relations: Contemporary Research and Theory

This book approaches international and comparative industrial realtions by covering both the history of thought in the field as well as current theory and future trends. It contains essays by leading experts from seven nations on topics of international relevance. Research and theory drawn from and applicable to a wide range of countries reviewed in the context of the role of management and the slate, union management relations and union growth and decline. The book also covers the emergence of pluralistic labour-management-state relations in Eastern Europe. In orders to place the empirical research and theory in perspective, there are chapters reviewing the paradigmatic contributions of major exponents of industrial thought, including Karl Marx, JR Commons, John Dunlop, Elton Mayo and Frederic Taylor.