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Local Bargaining in the National Health Service: New Approaches to Employee Relations
Author(s) -
Carr Frank
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00120
Subject(s) - industrial relations , pluralism (philosophy) , service (business) , collective bargaining , business , health services , public relations , political science , sociology , economics , management , labour economics , marketing , epistemology , population , philosophy , demography
This research uses the establishment of local bargaining arrangements in the National Health Service (NHS) to examine managerial employee relations objectives. It finds a continued commitment to pluralism and a rejection of an HRM approach. Change is taking place, possibly involving a shift towards a consultative style, in a traditional industrial relations framework.