Working for the State : Employment Relations in the Public Services

This book examines the impact of public sector reforms and reorganisations on the experiences of the UK public sector's six million workers and those employed in the private sector but providing public services. Chapters bring long-standing topics up-to-date, such as worker representation and reward.

STEPHEN BACH Professor of Employment Relations at the Department of Management, King's College, London, UK IAN CUNNINGHAM Reader in Employment Relations in the Department of Human Resource Management, University of Strathclyde, UK MICHAEL GOLD Senior Lecturer in European Business and Employee Relations at Royal Holloway University of London, UK PETER GRAHAM Senior Lecturer in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Greenwich's Business School, UK JANE LETHBRIDGE Principal Lecturer at the Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) at the University of Greenwich, UK PATRICK MCGURK Principal Lecturer in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Greenwich Business School, UK JEAN SHAOUL Professor of Public Accountability at Manchester Business School, UK ULKE VEERSMA Senior Lecturer in International Human Resource Management at the University of Greenwich Business School, UK GEOFF WHITE Professor of Human Resource Management and previously Director of Research at the University of Greenwich Business School, UK