New technology international perspective on human resources and industrial relations

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Content: List of Figures List of Tables Contributors Preface List of Abbreviations Part I: Introduction 1. Technological Change, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management Russell D. Lansbury and Greg J. Bamber Part II: From Industrial Relations Towards Human Resource Management 2. Technological Change: American Unions and Employers in a New Era Everett M. Kassalow 3. Collective Bargaining and New Technology: Some Preliminary Propositions Thomas A. Kochan and Boaz Tamir Part III: Towards Industrial Democracy and Employee Involvement 4. Co-determination and Technological Change in the German Automobile Industry Greg J. Bamber and Russell D. Lansbury 5. Worker Participation in Decisions on Technological Change in Australia Edward M. Davis and Russell D. Lansbury 6. Employee Involvement and Worker Perceptions of New Technology in North America Anil Verma and Wilfred Zerbe 7. Technological Participation: Options and Constraints in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations Peter Cressey and Vittorio Di Martino Part IV: Managing Change and the Socio-Technical Approach 8. Social Factors in the Introduction of New Technology: A Scandinavian Case Study Gert Graversen 9. Human Resource Management and the Socio-Technical Approach Frank Heller Part V: Gender, Structural Change, Skills and Labour Market Segmentation 10. Technological Change and Women Workers Rose Marie Greve 11. New Technology, Economic Progress and Employment in Sweden Anders Backstroem 12. New Technologies: Skills 'Mismatch' and the Challenges Ahead Hedva Sarfati and Margaret Cove Appendix: Model Technology Agreement Index