HRM, Technical Workers and the Multinational Corporation

by Patrick McGovern

Overview

This book is the first major in-depth study of the impact of contemporary management practices on a rapidly expanding set of white-collar occupations, namely technical workers. It investigates whether HRM schemes such as employee appraisals and performance related pay have transformed technical work to such an extent that it can no longer be described as a 'service contract'. The book contains detailed examination of the nature of managerial control over employees who, by virtue of their committment, present their employers with problems that are often ignored by prescriptive models of HRM.
The empirical evidence features case studies of matched pairs of hi-tech firms in the Irish Republic. The author examines recent debates about the nature of employment and the role of the multinational corporations within the so-called 'Celtic Tiger' Irish economy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134667833
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/12/2012
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	624 KB

About the Author

Patrick McGovern is Lecturer in Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research on the employment practices of multinational corporations and human resource management has appeared in Work, Employment and Society, New Technology, Work and Employment and Human Resource Management Journal. His current research interests are the sociology of employment and economic life.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Management Practices, Technical Workers and the Service Relationship; Chapter 2 Multinational Corporations, Human Resource Management and Technical Labour; Chapter 3 Recruitment, Occupations and Qualifications; Chapter 4 Markets, Projects and Routines; Chapter 5 Managerial Authority and Bureaucratic Control; Chapter 6 Pay, Status and Performance; Chapter 7 Careers, Labour Markets and Job Hierarchies; Chapter 8 Conclusions;