The Organisation of Employment explores the diversity in the organization of employment among advanced industrial societies. In particular, it focuses on the implications of distinctive employment systems for international competitiveness, organizational performance and social divisions and considers the impact of globalization on the sustainability of such diversity.

First book to bring together all the different dimensions to the international comparison of employment systems
Based on comparative empirical research presented in an accessible way
Provides a review of theoretical approaches which will benefit those coming to the subject for the first time

Autorentext
JILL RUBERY is Professor of Comparative Employment Systems at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST and Director of the European Work and Employment Research Centre both in the UK.DAMIAN GRIMSHAW is Lecturer in Employment Studies at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST in the UK.

Zusammenfassung
The Organisation of Employment explores the diversity in the organisation of employment among advanced industrial societies. It focuses on the implications of distinctive employment systems for international competitiveness, organisational performance and social divisions and considers the impact of globalisation on the sustainability of such diversity. Ideal for final year undergraduate and postgraduate students of international business and human resource management, The Organisation of Employment provides a stimulating and wide ranging examination of this dynamic subject.

Inhalt
Diversity in the Organisation of Employment: An Introduction to the Subject.- Making Sense of International Differences: Some Methodological Approaches.- The Development of Employment and Production Regimes.- The State, the Family and Gender: From Domestic Work to Wage Employment.- Skilling the Labour Force.- Labour Market Flexibility and Labour Market Regulation.- Employment Policy and Practice: Implementation at the Workplace.- Multinationals and the Organisation of Employment.- Globalisation and the Future for Diversity.- Labour Regulation in a Global Economy.