...Jillian Cavanagh; Timothy Bartram; Matthew Walker; Patricia Pariona-Cabrera; Beni Halvorsen Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the rostering practices and work experiences of medical scientists at four health services in the Australian public healthcare sector. There are over 16,000...

...Edel Conway; Kathy Monks Purpose The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of organisational restructuring on the devolution of HRM to middle managers in the Irish health service. Design/methodology/approach The study involved interviews with a cross‐section of 48 HR and line managers...

... applied to health service provision. The implications for three aspects of employment relations are then explored: remuneration; management and accountability; and education and training (full details of the evaluation, the case studies and findings of the evaluation are provided in Hyde et al...

...Stephen Bach; Ian Kessler; Geoff White; Rebecca Kolins Givan Purpose This paper examines the functioning of performance ratings of the human resources (HR) function of National Health Service (NHS). In particular, it looks at the star ratings system and the response of workplace HR managers...

...Bob Mason; Norma Heaton; Joe Morgan Based on longitudinal case study research amongst ancillary staff in two health service trusts in the same region, this article analyses the strategies that management and trade unions adopted in their approach towards workplace social partnership. The article...

... new goals; and to support new standards and values. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Human resource management Middle management Health services United Kingdom One of the main themes in the literature on human resource management (HRM) is the central role of line managers. There is evidence...

... (1990, p. 5) contention that “If writing in this area [what is happening to middle management] is to amount to anything more than armchair theorising, it is crucial that more empirical work be done”. The experience of City Community Healthcare Trust (CCHT), part of the UK National Health Service, offers...

...Graeme Currie Focuses on feelings about culture and change in the health service and the impact of management development programmes on the change process. The issues raised in a series of semi‐structured interviews are taken forward to a case study, a medium‐sized hospital trust. The researcher...