Employment Relations in France Evolution and Innovation /

• Main Author: Jenkins, Alan. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: Plenum Studies in Work and Industry
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Management.; Personnel management.; Labor economics.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Human Resource Management.; Labor Economics.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

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Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The French ỚSExceptionỚ<U+00fd>
• The ỚSReform of Work Ớ<U+00fd>and the Evolution of Participative Management in France
• A Decade of Technological Moderization: Negotiation and Organizational Change During the 1980s
• Toward Quality and Process Redesign: The Ớ<U+00dc>LeanỚ" Revolution in French Industry
• Decentralized Bargaining and the Spread of ỚSIndividualizationỚ<U+00fd> in Employee Appraisal and Remuneration
• Employment Crisis, Restructuring, and ỚSDownsizingỚ<U+00fd>
• The Impact of New Flexibilities on Working Time and Contracts
• Conclusion: Crisis, Conflict, and Reform in French Work and Society
• Conclusion: Crisis, Conflict, and Reform in French Work and Society.