Theoretical Perspectives On Work And The Employment Relationship (Industrial Relations Research Association)

developing A Strong Theoretical Base For Research And Practice In Industrial Relations And Human Resource Management Has To Date Remained A Largely Unfulfilled Challenge. This Pioneering Volume Helps Close The Theory Gap By Presenting Contributions From Fifteen Leading Scholars That Develop And Extend Theoretical Perspectives On Work And The Employment Relationship. Subject Areas Covered Include Theories Of Employmentrelations Systems, Varieties Of Capitalism, The Labor Process, New Institutional Economics, Individual Work Motivation, Strategic Human Resource Management, A Theory Of Transaction Costs And Employment Contracts, Efficiency Versus Equity, And Comparative Industrial Relations. author Bio: Bruce E. Kaufman Is Professor Of Economics And Senior Associate Of The W. T. Beebe Institute Of Personnel And Employment Relations At Georgia State University. He Is The Author Of The Origins And Evolution Of The Field Of Industrial Relations In The United States, Editor Of Government Regulation Of The Employment Relationship, And Coeditor Of Employee Representation: Alternatives And Future Directions (all From Cornell). Developing a strong theoretical base for research and practice in industrial relations and human resource management has to date remained a largely unfulfilled challenge. This pioneering volume helps close the theory gap by presenting contributions from fifteen leading scholars that develop and extend theoretical perspectives on work and the employment relationship. Subject areas covered include theories of employment relations systems, varieties of capitalism, the labor process, new institutional economics, individual work motivation, strategic human resource management, a theory of transaction costs and employment contracts, efficiency versus equity, and comparative industrial relations. Developing a strong theoretical base for research and practice in industrial relations and human resource management has to date remained a largely unfulfilled challenge. This text presents contributions from 15 scholars, developing their perspectives on work and the employment relationship It is common knowledge that social sciences intend to not only describe and classify empirical facts but also to explain them with recourse to their underlying causes.