Working for the State

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. From New Labour to a New Era?

      • Susan Corby, Graham Symon

      Pages 3-20

3. The Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Public Sector Reform and Employment Relations in Europe

      • Michael Gold, Ulke Veersma

      Pages 23-42

   3. The Economic and Financial Context: Paying for the Banks

      • Jean Shaoul

      Pages 43-65

   4. Public Sector ‘Ethos’

      • Jane Lethbridge

      Pages 66-83

4. Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Rewarding Public Servants: Continuity and Change

      • Geoff White

      Pages 87-107

   3. Equality in the Public Sector: The Sky Darkens

      • Susan Corby

      Pages 108-125

5. The Actors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. Assistant Roles in a Modernised Public Service: Towards a New Professionalism?

      • Stephen Bach

      Pages 129-146

   3. The Third Sector’s Provision of Public Services: Implications for Mission and Employment Conditions

      • Ian Cunningham

      Pages 147-165

   4. Leaders in Public Service Organisations

      • Patrick McGurk

      Pages 166-188

   5. Organised Labour and State Employment

      • Graham Symon

      Pages 189-208

   6. Consultants in Government: A Necessary Evil?

      • Peter Graham

      Pages 209-223

6. Conclusions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225

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   2. Making Sense of Public Sector Employment Relations in a Time of Crisis

      • Graham Symon, Susan Corby

      Pages 227-237

7. Back Matter

   Pages 238-253

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This book examines the impact of public sector reforms and reorganisations on the experiences of the UK public sector's six million workers and those employed in the private sector but providing public services. Chapters bring long-standing topics up-to-date, such as worker representation and reward.

• Government
• organization
• service

• University of Greenwich Business School, UK

  Susan Corby, Graham Symon

STEPHEN BACH Professor of Employment Relations at the Department of Management, King's College, London, UK IAN CUNNINGHAM Reader in Employment Relations in the Department of Human Resource Management, University of Strathclyde, UK MICHAEL GOLD Senior Lecturer in European Business and Employee Relations at Royal Holloway University of London, UK PETER GRAHAM Senior Lecturer in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Greenwich's Business School, UK JANE LETHBRIDGE Principal Lecturer at the Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) at the University of Greenwich, UK PATRICK MCGURK Principal Lecturer in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Greenwich Business School, UK JEAN SHAOUL Professor of Public Accountability at Manchester Business School, UK ULKE VEERSMA Senior Lecturer in International Human Resource Management at the University of Greenwich Business School, UK GEOFF WHITE Professor of Human Resource Management and previously Director of Research at the University of Greenwich Business School, UK

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