This handbook is an indispensable teaching, research and reference guide for anyone interested in issues of labour and employment. The editors have assembled a top-flight group of authors and the end-product is an encompassing state-of-the-art review of the industrial relations field' - Professor Bruce E Kaufman, AYSPS, Georgia State University

Introduction: The Field of Industrial Relations - Edmund Heery, Nick Bacon, Paul Blyton and Jack FioritoPart One PERSPECTIVES AND APPROACHESThe History of Industrial Relations as a Field of Study - Carola FregeIndustrial Relations and the Social Sciences - Peter Ackers and Adrian WilkinsonSystem And Change In Industrial Relations Analysis - Edmund HeeryValues, Ideologies, and Frames of Reference in Industrial Relations - John W Budd and Devasheesh BhaveThe Influence of Product Markets on Industrial Relations - William BrownVarieties of Capitalism and Industrial Relations - Kerstin Hamann and John KellyNew Forms of Work and the High Performance Paradigm - Stephen ProcterChanging Traditions in Industrial Relations Research - George Strauss and Keith WhitfieldPart Two THE ACTORS IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSTrade Union Morphology - Jack Fiorito and Paul JarleyTrade Union Strategy - Peter BoxallEmployer Organizations - Franz TraxlerManagement Strategy and Industrial Relations - Nicolas BaconThe State in Industrial Relations - Richard HymanThe Legal Framework of Employment Relations - Simon Deakin and Wanjiru NjoyaThe State as Employer - Marick F. Masters, Mr Ray Gibney, Ms Iryna Shevchuk and Tom ZagenczykInternational Actors and International Regulation - Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormickWorks Councils - Jean Jenkins and Paul BlytonThe Evolution of Stakeholder Regimes: Beyond Neo-Corporatism - Charles HeckscherPart Three INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PROCESSESUnion Formation - John GodardThe Changing Structure of Collective Bargaining - Robert J. FlanaganThe High Performance Work Systems Literature in Industrial Relations - Ann FrostEmployee Involvement and Direct Participation - Russell D. Lansbury and Nick WailesResolving Conflict - David LewinPart Four INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS OUTCOMESContingent Work Arrangements - Daniel G. GallagherThe Theory and Practice of Pay Setting - Alex Bryson and John ForthWorking Time and Work-Life Balance - Paul BlytonWorker Well-Being - David GuestIndustrial Relations Climate - Ali DastmalchianEquality at Work - Barbara PocockConflict at Work - Gregor Gall and Robert HebdonSkill Formation - Irena GrugulisIndustrial Relations and Business Performance - John T. DelaneyLabor Market Institutions around the World - Richard B. Freeman