... relationship of job demands with organizational commitment because support from a supervisor, co-workers, or the organization is helpful in coping with job demands. Employee attitudes Partnership Employee behaviour Small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) These arguments, along with the JDR...

... an incentive for job destruction, since efficiency can be improved by simply reducing the number of employees. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Industrial relations Partnership Organizational change Collective bargaining Downsizing restructuring Union strategies In the last...

... employment relationship as part of a public private partnership. Design/methodology/approach Eight semi‐structured interviews informed the design of a questionnaire, which was distributed to facilities management employees of a UK NHS hospital who had been seconded to a private‐sector management company...

...Yasmin Rittau; Tony Dundon Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the roles and influence of shop stewards under workplace partnership regimes in five case study firms in the Republic of Ireland. It aims to assess the dynamics and potential longevity of partnership relationships...

... (in the form of the national partnership agreements) the stated policy position is so to do (although, as will be outlined below, there seems little consensus among the Irish social partners as to how this might be achieved). Furthermore, it is recognised that “voice” itself (like “participation”, “involvement...

...Paul J. Gollan; Graham Dietz; John Cullen; Alan Coad Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore a number of issues pertaining to the conceptualisation, operationalisation, feasibility and effectiveness of workplace partnership arrangements in a non‐unionised setting. Design/methodology...

...Stewart Johnstone; Adrian Wilkinson; Peter Ackers This paper presents the findings of a case study undertaken in a UK utility company, referred to as Energy Co. The main aim of the study was to assess how the agreement of a partnership arrangement in 1995 had affected the conduct of employment...

...Rachel Suff; Steve Williams Based on data generated from a case study investigation of a well‐known partnership company the implications of partnership for employees are examined. The partnership approach received the endorsement of employees and it does appear to have brought them tangible...

...”, stakeholder industrial relations environment established by the present UK government. Drawing on an in‐depth insight into management and union strategies gained from action research, the paper documents the attempt to establish a collective agreement and a partnership approach to industrial relations...

...L.H. Vassie; C.W. Fuller Partnerships have the potential to create significant benefits for all participants provided that there is a mutual understanding of and respect for the inputs required and the outputs sought from the arrangements by each party. The aim of this study was to explore...