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Employment, technology and industrial relations in the UK clearing banks: is the honeymoon over?
Author(s) -
Cressey Peter,
Scott Peter
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
new technology, work and employment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.889
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1468-005X
pISSN - 0268-1072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-005x.1992.tb00023.x
Subject(s) - retrenchment , clearing , honeymoon , industrial relations , context (archaeology) , business , human resources , human resource management , market economy , labour economics , economics , political science , management , finance , paleontology , public administration , law , biology
Employment in UK retail banking has begun to decline as all the major institutions shed workers. Technological, organizational and market‐driven reasons for the job losses in the major clearing banks are discussed. Irrevocable long‐term changes in employers' industrial relations and human resource strategies are identified as necessary accompaniments to pushing the current retrenchment through in the context of a developing general crisis in employment relations.