Employee Relations: An International Journal

Tebbit, Norman

1983 Employee Relations: An International Journal

doi: 10.1108/eb055002

First presented at a conference earlier in 1983, this article raises a number of points concerning government objectives in industrial relations.

Swinburne, Penny

1983 Employee Relations: An International Journal

doi: 10.1108/eb055003

As the current period of recession extends, our understanding of the impact of the associated redundancies and unemployment on individuals should become progressively refined. Only in this way can attitudes to reemployment and assistance with career redirection become more relevant to the present situation and hence more constructive. This article gives an assessment of career insecurity and job change following redundancy, but which did not involve unemployment.

Hamill, Jim

1983 Employee Relations: An International Journal

doi: 10.1108/eb055004

There are a number of important differences in the labour relations practices of Americanowned and indigenous firms operating in the UK. Such differences are due mainly to the introduction of homecountry practices by a considerable number of Americanowned firms. This was particularly evident in the areas of union recognition, employer association membership, management organisation for industrial relations purposes, wage payment systems and the level of wages and employee benefits.

Sykes, A.J.M.; Lindsay, Isobel

1983 Employee Relations: An International Journal

doi: 10.1108/eb055005

This article describes a study of the workers in two heavy engineering plants, in the Glasgow area, one belonging to a British company of a traditional type, the other to an American company. A comparison was made of the perceptions and expectations that the workforces held of their respective managements and the attitudes they held towards them.