The Organisation of Employmentexplores the diversity in the organisation of employment among advanced industrial societies. It focuses on the implications of distinctive employment systems for international competitiveness, organisational performance and social divisions and considers the impact of globalisation on the sustainability of such diversity.

Ideal for final year undergraduate and postgraduate students of international business and human resource management, The Organisation of Employmentprovides a stimulating and wide ranging examination of this dynamic subject

'...could serve well as backbone reading for courses that also provide micro-level case studies...' - J.P. Jacobsen, Choice

Diversity in the Organisation of Employment: An Introduction to the Subject
Making Sense of International Differences: Some Methodological Approaches
The Development of Employment and Production Regimes
The State, the Family and Gender: From Domestic Work to Wage Employment
Skilling the Labour Force
Labour Market Flexibility and Labour Market Regulation
Employment Policy and Practice: Implementation at the Workplace
Multinationals and the Organisation of Employment
Globalisation and the Future for Diversity
Labour Regulation in a Global Economy

JILL RUBERY is Professor of Comparative Employment Systems at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST and Director of the European Work and Employment Research Centre both in the UK.

DAMIAN GRIMSHAW is Lecturer in Employment Studies at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST in the UK.