The harmonization of employment conditions in Britain : the changing workplace divide since 1950 and the implications for social structure
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The harmonization of employment conditions in Britain : the changing workplace divide since 1950 and the implications for social structure
Macmillan, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-209) and index
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Description
This work examines how traditional workplace divides disappeared in recent decades, and the recently accelerating spread of harmonized employment conditions in employing enterprises in Britain from the 1950s to the mid-1990s. It examines changes in industrial relations, technology, manning practices, and in government policy and legislation. It covers both the public and private sectors, changes after privatization and practices in Japanese and American companies setting up subsidiaries in Britain. The writer shows that harmonized conditions have altered dramatically the workplace divide which was so deeply entrenched in the 1950s between manual and white collar workers.
Table of Contents
Introduction - The Economic Context, Government Policy, and Problems for Employers - Staff Status and Harmonized Conditions: The British Models? - Single Status in Britain: The American Models? - Single Status in Britain: The Japanese Models? - New Technology and Harmonization - Deregulation, Decentralization, and Harmonization - Payment Structures and Harmonization - In Retrospect - References - Select Bibliography - Index
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