...Pauric P. O'Rourke Purpose The purpose of this article is to explore how NPM influenced the Irish NPVCS and triggered changes in work and HRM at a time of austerity. Design/methodology/approach Utilising a case study framework, the study draws on qualitative data from 38 Managers/Supervisors...

... Collective bargaining Globalization Austerity As is clear from the other contributions to this special issue, the systems of industrial relations consolidated in most of Western Europe after 1945 and constructed in the ex-dictatorships of southern Europe in the 1970s are under attack on many fronts...