The past decade has seen widespread discussion about the transformation of the workplace. There is a general consensus that deep-seated changes are reshaping the way production and work are organised, the way employees, employers and their representatives deal with each other, and the way governments seek to shape society.
There are, however, deep cleavages between those who celebrate both the efficiency and the emancipating potential of these new systems and those who bear witness to a workplace increasingly characterised by stress, insecurity and contingency.
In this book, a group of leading scholars take stock of the evidence and implications of the new workplace. Drawing on examples from a variety of national contexts, they seek to characterise the nature of current workplace change and assess its implications for the organisation of work for the workers, for employment relations and for public policy.
