Managing labour in small firms /

Managing labour in small firms / Managing labor in small firms edited by Susan Marlow, Dean Patton and Monder Ram. - 1 online resource (ix, 227 pages) - Routledge studies in small business ; 9 . - Routledge studies in small business ; 9. .

1. Introduction / Susan Marlow -- 2. The hunting of the snark : a critical analysis of human resource management discourses in relation to managing labour in smaller organisations / Scott Taylor -- 3. Researching the employment relationship in small firms : what are the contributions from the employment relations and small business literatures? / Robert Blackburn -- 4. Managerial strategies in small firms / Richard Scase -- 5. Training in smaller firms / Dean Patton -- 6. Breaking out of survival businesses : managing labour, growth and development in the South Asian restaurant trade / Monder Ram. [et. al.] -- 7. Labour regulation and SMEs : a challenge to competitiveness and employability? / Mark Hart and Robert Blackburn -- 8. Small firms and the national minimum wage / Jim Arrowsmith and Mark Gilman -- 9. Managing variable pay systems in smaller workplaces : the significance of employee perceptions of organisational justice / Annette Cox -- 10. Representation, consultation and the smaller firm / Alan Ryan.

9780203495612 9781134381425 9781134381463 9781134381470

10.4324/9780203495612 doi


Small business--Management.--Great Britain
Industrial relations--Great Britain.
Personnel management--Great Britain.

HD62.7 / .M3524 2005

658.3 / M266