The Employment Relationship

* Illustrates the connection between HRM policies/practices and work psychology * Provides an up to date summary of existing research, knowledge and debate * Considers a wide range of factors that impact on change within employee relationships

Summarizes available research, and considers a range of factors that impact on change within employee relationships. This book addresses the issues of change within employee relationships resulting from the impact of factors such as: international competitive pressures; technological change; and changing individual expectations and behaviours.

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 behaviours

The 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