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A cutting edge look at the experience of worker representation in the employment relations of workplace health and safety. Examining the extent to which existing arrangements deliver results, this book reflects on whether the effectiveness of worker representation is eroded or enhanced by current regulatory and organizational constructs.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: Representing Workers on Health and Safety in the Modern World of Work
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National Arrangements for Workers’ Representation: Case Studies from Europe and Australia
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Challenges and Strategies for Worker Representation in the Modern World of Work
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
DAVID WALTERS is Professor of Work Environment and Director of the Cardiff Work Environment Research Centre, UK. He has written and researched widely on the political economy of workplace health and safety, as well as its management regulation, and industrial relations
THEO NICHOLS is Distinguished Research Professor, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales, UK. He has researched and written widely in the field of economic sociology, including on industrial injury and health and safety.
THEO NICHOLS is Distinguished Research Professor, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales, UK. He has researched and written widely in the field of economic sociology, including on industrial injury and health and safety.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Workplace Health and Safety
Book Subtitle: International Perspectives on Worker Representation
Editors: David Walters, Theo Nichols
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230250529
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-21485-9Published: 29 October 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-30338-0Published: 10 January 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-25052-9Published: 29 October 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 232
Topics: Human Resource Management, Behavioral/Experimental Economics, Economics, general, Management, Office Management