An Introduction to Industrial Relations

While industrial relations are as old as industry itself, the study of this area is comparatively recent. The emphasis within the field is constantly shifting to keep pace with changing realities in the workplace. Michael Jackson's well-known text Industrial Relations has now been extensively revised and updated to provide a comprehensive overview of industrial relations today. Beginning with an analysis of various theoretical approaches to industrial relations, this new text explores the origins and development of the subject. The author examines the impact of recent legislative changes, technological developments, and the growing currency of "human resource management" theories. He offers a comparative approach, making extensive use of material from America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim, and examines the implications of recent European Economic Community legislation for industrial relations in the 1990s. An Introduction to Industrial Relations will be of special value to those