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