Industrial Relations in Africa

RICHARD CROUCHER is Professor and Director Research at Middlesex University Business School, UK LEWIS DZIMBIRI is Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Science, University of Botswana, Botswana MOHAMED ESSAAIDI is Professor at Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Morocco SOLA FAJANA is a professor at the University of Lagos, Nigeria TAYO FASOYIN is Director of the International Labour Organization's Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa GARTH FRAZER is Assistant Professor of Economics, Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto, Canada FITSUM GHEBREGIORGIS is a lecturer at the University of Asmara's Faculty of Business and Economics, Asmara, Eritrea GEORGE HAGGLUND is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, USA, and Visiting Professor, University of South Australia, Australia FRANK HORWITZ is Professor and Director of the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa LUCHIEN KARSTEN is a professor at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Organisation and Management, Landleven, The Netherlands JOY KIRENGA is the School Administrator in the Graduate School, Makerere University, Uganda GILTON KLERCK is a lecturer at Rhodes University, South Africa DAFE OTOBO is a professor at the University of Lagos, Nigeria LLOYD SACHIKONYE is a professor at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabe THABO SELEKE lectures in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Botswana, Botswana EDDIE WEBSTER is Professor of the Sociology of Work Programme, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

This book provides an overview on the state and nature of industrial relations in tropical and southern Africa, encompassing theoretical and comparative perspectives and country studies. Leading experts in the field provide insights into the underlying causes of both individual national traditions and practices, and continent-wide trends.This book provides an overview on the state and nature of industrial relations in tropical and southern Africa, encompassing theoretical and comparative perspectives and country studies. Leading experts in the field provide insights into the underlying causes of both individual national traditions and practices, and continent-wide trends.