The Employment Relationship: Key challenges for HR

ISBN: 0750649410

Author: Sparrow, Paul

Condition: New

Challenges Facing the Employment Relationship in Future Organizations addresses the issues of change within employee relationships resulting from the impact of factors such as:* international competitive pressures* technological change* changing individual expectations and behavioursThe new employment contract is analysed from inside and outside organizations and the issues are addressed from both a human resource management and work psychology perspective.This book:* Reviews the phenomenon of globalization, outlining the current impacts on the employment relationship and summarizing the assumed impacts on future work* Looks at the employment relationship from a labour market perspective and reviews the evidence on an increasing individualization of the employment relationship* Reviews work by psychologists on the changing psychological contract* Provides an overview of new forms of work organization, drawing attention to research on virtual organization and implications of e-enablement* Outlines the challenges to the employment relation on a global scale