Introducing Employment Relations

This book provides a comprehensive and critical account of contemporary UK employee relations. * Bob Smale, Brighton University * This book is very up-to-date on contemporary research with various national and international examples that encourage students to think critically about employment relations. * Marilena Antoniadou, Manchester Metropolitan University * A comprehensive and up-to-date book on employment relations. Easily accessible, full of useful examples and case studies that make things clear to students. Has a good relationship between theory and practice and is structured in a clear way. * Jane Holgate, University of Leeds * This is a contemporary and welcome book of international significance, providing a solid understanding of employment relations and an articulate discussion of the circumstances of the twenty-first century envirnment, in which these relations operate. By highlighting the experiences of workers themselves, it manages to cover in a critical way the role of managers and HR practitioners, and to further illustrate the role of trade unions and worker representation. Anyone interested in the ways work and employment relations are experienced, regulated and contested, from various perspectives, will find this book an invaluable source of fascinating and critical arguments. * Dr Marilena Antoniadou, Manchester Metropolitan University * Highly accessible to both our home and international students, this excellent introduction to employment relations provides a critical understanding of the historical context, politics and dynamics of employment relations today, with a focus on the UK and the EU, including instructive teaching tools and case studies of recent policy and legal challenges such as Brexit and their significance for ER. * Professor Gabriella Alberti, Leeds University * Introducing Employment Relations provides a theoretically informed discussion of key debates in the field of employment relations. The chapters are guided by a clear structure that organizes the material in an accessible manner. Its critical approach to the analysis of employment relations makes it an essential book for both students and teachers. * Dr Dragos Adascalitei, University of Sheffield * The fifth edition of this excellent, proven book is written in a straightforward and engaging style, making it easy for students at all levels to understand the field of employment relations as well as major changes within the wider political, economic and social context. A highly accessible and comprehensive text. * Terry Driscoll, University of South Wales * This is an excellent, comprehensive and very insightful book that critically and thoughtfully addresses the many and varied contemporary developments in employment relations. * Dr Andrew Smith, University of Bradford * In a field awash with introductory texts; Williams' Introducing Employment Relations stands head and shoulders above the rest. * Niall Cullinane, Queen's University Belfast * This book is an outstanding introduction to the study of work and employment relations; synthesising key theoretical debates, the wider research literature and novel, contemporary case studies. * Stephen Mustchin, University of Manchester * What I truly like about this book is it offers very structured, focused and comprehensive content on employment relations. You can see a clear flow of discussion points in each chapter which connects its readers to real life scenarios through strategically placed case studies and other related examples. * Dr Sawlat Zaman, Newcastle University * This is an insightful and critical text that introduces students to the full range of participants and processes within individual and collective employment relationships. * Dr Ronnie Caddow, Glasgow Caledonian University *